§ Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Agriculture to state, in appropriate categories, the number of those civil servants in his Department who are receiving improved salary scales, which necessitated the Supplementary Estimate for £100.000.
§ Sir T. DugdaleThe Supplementary Estimate is a net figure. I am circulating below details of the numbers and groups of my Department's staff whose pay increase affects this Estimate.
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATE TO VOTE (CLASS VI 8) FOR 1952–53 Numbers and Groups of staff receiving pay increases National Agricultural Advisory Service staff 1,543 National Milk Testing Service staff 108 Lay Inseminators 21 Professional Accountants 20 Agricultural Land Service staff: Farm Building Advisory Officers 8 Land Commissioners 2 Temporary Assistant Land Commissioners 6 16 1,708