CIVIL LIST BILL

Southland Times, Issue 18934, 22 September 1920, Page 5

CIVIL LIST BILL

INCREASED PAY FOR MEMBERS,

THE COMMITTEE’S RECOMMENDATIONS.

RETROSPECTIVE PAYMENT PROPOSED.

(Special to the Times.)

WELLINGTON, September 21

The committee’s report on the Civil List Bill was presented to the House of Representatives to-day. The committee recommended that the following list of payments should be adopted;— £ Speaker of the Legislative Council .. SCO Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Council 450 Speaker of the House of Representatives 1,000 Chairman of Committees of the House of Representatives 700 Members of the Legislative Council .. 350 Men:hers of the House of Representatives 500 It is recommended that the payments be made from the date of election of the members of the House, and in the case of members of the Legislative Council from the same date or the later date of their individual appointment. The committee also recommended that a fund be created (by annual allocation) for (he purpose of aiding ex-members and their families requiring assistance, applications to participate in such fund to be dealt with by a committee consisting of the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Legislative Council, the two Speakers, and the Leader of the Opposition. Another recommendation is that ex-mem-bers who have .served for three Parliaments in either Chamber, or conjointly in two Chambers, shall be allowed to retain (heir railway passes, with the privilege attaching thereto. Finally the committee recommends that the Leader of the Opposition be provided by the Government with a private secretary and typist to be appointed by the Speaker of the House.

A suggested amendment will, if agreed to, give Ministers of the Crown their honoraria in addition to their Ministerial salaries, w-hich will mean another £SOO each per annum.