– in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 5 Mawrth 1947.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the commencing salary of a member of the Diplomatic Service serving in Tokyo in his first year.
The salary of a grade IX officer in his first year is, under the new scale, £360 per annum. At Tokyo he would receive in addition free board and lodging and a foreign allowance of £50 per annum, if unmarried.