§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications (1) whether he 417W has yet found a suitable replacement for Lord Hall as Chairman of the Post Office Corporation; and whether he will receive a salary from 1st July, 1971 of £20,000 per annum;
(2) whether he will now appoint the Deputy Chairman of the Post Office Corporation as its new Chairman as from 1st July, at a salary of £20,000 per annum.
§ Mr. ChatawayI would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Members for Ealing, North (Mr. Molloy), West Ham, North (Mr. Arthur Lewis) and Manchester, Openshaw (Mr. Charles R. Morris) on 15th March. I would expect salary to be in line with that payable normally to the Chairmen of major nationalised industries.—[Vol. 813, c. 888–9.]