Orders of the Day — University of Durham [Money]. – in the House of Commons at on 12 July 1935.
Hon. Oliver Stanley
, Westmorland
I beg to move, in page 2, line 37, at the end, to insert:
(2) There shall be paid to any person employed by the Commissioners such remuneration as the Treasury may determine, and all expenses incurred by the Commissioners in the execution of this Act, including the remuneration aforesaid, shall to an amount approved by the Treasury be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.
These words were omitted in Another place on the question of Privilege, and I now beg to move that they be inserted.
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