§ 45. Mr. STANTONasked the Prime Minister if the Government will consider the question of raising the payment to Members of Parliament to a point that will meet the cost of living; and if he is aware that many Members have no other source of income and that other countries are paying their members from £600 to £1,000 year, with a free railway pass, and that the wealthy trade unions are supplementing the pay of their Members of Parliament by some hundreds of pounds per year?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI do not think it would be the general desire of the House to increase the payment made to Members.
§ Mr. STANTONI beg to give notice that, owing to the unsatisfactory nature of the reply, I will raise this question some evening next week.