23 May 2024, Lower Saxony, Hanover: Dirk Toepffer (CDU), chairman of the committee, stands at the 25th Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry on "The Practice of Non-Tariff Remuneration in the State Chancellery and Ministries of Lower Saxony" in the state parliament of Lower Saxony. In the dispute over the salary increase of a close employee of Lower Saxony's Minister President Weil (SPD), the parliamentary committee of inquiry will question further witnesses on Thursday (from 10.15 a.m.). The committee is looking into the question of whether the increase in the Weil employee's salary was permissible. Photo: Michael Matthey/dpa