asked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he will give the actual or estimated hours of work per week as given by Lord Greene, Baroness Serota and Lord Diamond in their part-time employment; on this basis what are their average hourly payments; and whether additionally they are able to claim their daily attendance allowance when going to the House of Lords.
The usual practice in respect of such appointments is to express the time which the individuals are expected to have to devote to the job in terms of days per week or per month; the actual incidence of hours per week—which may well be irregular—has to be arranged to suit the particular tasks. I am therefore not able to add to the information I have already given.—[Official Report, 16th December 1977; Vol. 941, c. 552–4.]. However, I have no reason to doubt that appointees devote at least as much of their time to their jobs as can reasonably be inferred from the terms of their appointments. On the second part of the Question, I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him yesterday.—[Vol. 942, c. 7–81.]