asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what scale the Law Officers of the Crown receive fees in addition to their salaries; and what was the amount received by them for the last 12 months for which the figures are available?

The scale of fees is set out in a Treasury Minute dated 5th July, 1895, which the hon. Member will find in House of Commons Paper 431, Sess. 2 of 1895. The latest year for which the figures asked for in the second part of the question are available is 1921 and 1922 and the fees paid were

		£	s.	d.
Attorney-General	…	24,170	13	2
Solicitor-General	…	9,723	17	0

I would point out, that owing to Prize Court and other War work, this was an exceptional year, and the average for the last 10 years (including 1921–22) was