§ Mr. Austinasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will furnish a list of persons who still receive annual emoluments in virtue of grants made to their ancestors; the amount in each case; and if he will now consider abolishing these in the interests of the taxpayer.
§ Mr. DaltonThe only remaining payment within this category is the annuity of £5,000 paid under 46 G. 3, C. 146 to the holder of the title of Earl Nelson (though I would refer my hon. Friend to the Finance Accounts of the United Kingdom for the financial year 1944–45, pages 35 and 38, for details of compensation allowances and other perpetual charges on the Consolidated Fund). I am satisfied that this pension could not be abolished, except by agreement, without breach of public faith.