§ Mr. Piratinasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware of the number of cases in which the salaries of local government officials have been increased since the issue of the White Paper on Personal Incomes; whether his policy as laid down in that White Paper is intended to apply to local government officials also; and if he will draw the attention of local authorities to this.
§ Sir S. CrippsThe salaries of local government officers are not in general subject to the control of the central Government, but the attention of local authorities was specially drawn by a Ministry of Health circular of 2nd April last to the White Paper on Personal Incomes, Costs and Prices.