asked the Minister of Labour what fees, expenses or other remuneration are paid to the chairman and independent members of wages councils.
The fees and expenses paid to the chairman and independent members of wages councils are:
Fees
Chairman: £6 6s. 0d. for a meeting involving a full day (including travelling time). £3 3s. 0d. for half a day.
Independent Members: £4 4s. 0d. for a meeting involving a full day (including travelling time). £2 2s. 0d. for half a day.
Subsistence Allowances
Night Allowance
Not exceeding 37s. 6d. a night for the first seven nights and 30s. a night for the next 21 nights at one place.
Night allowances are payable in respect of each night (covering a period of 24 hours) of necessary absence from home or work. In practice, overnight expenses are rarely incurred for more than one or two nights.
and civil engineering work done each year since 1948 for the development of industrial production and research.
The following are the figures:
Day Allowance
( a) 9s. 6d. for a period of more than 10 hours.
( b) 4s. for a period of more than 5 hours but not more than 10 hours.
Day allowances are payable for periods, denned above, of necessary absence either after completion of the 24 hours covered by a night allowance or when no night allowance is payable. Special rates are payable when main meals are taken on trains.
No other remuneration is paid but fares are reimbursed.