Mr. Graham Whiteasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether his regulations provide for expenses incurred in the assessment of damage to property by enemy action to rank as part of a claim and to be admitted as a liability by the War Damage Commission?
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§ Mr. AsshetonUnder the War Damage Act, the War Damage Commission is empowered to pay as part of a cost of works claim, the cost of the necessary employment of an architect, engineer, surveyor, land agent, or other person in an advisory or supervisory capacity, in connection with the execution of the works. The scale of fees and the circumstances in which they are payable, as settled by the Commission after consultation with the various professional associations, has been published both in the technical journals and in the general Press, and I am sending my hon. Friend a copy. The Commission has, however, no power to pay for professional advice sought by the claimant not in connection with the actual work of repair.