§ 45. Mr. Lewisasked the Prime Minister what conditions are necessary before Her Majesty's Government will consider implementing the recommendations of the Select Committee on Members' Salaries; and whether, as the Government have agreed to implement the recommendations of the Select Committee on Members' Expenses, he will now state when he expects to take the necessary action to carry into effect these proposals.
§ The Secretary of State for the Home Department and Lord Privy Seal (Mr. R. A. Butler)I have been asked to reply.
My right hon. Friend has nothing to add to the reply which the hon. Gentleman received from his predecessor on 15th November.
§ Mr. LewisBut that was not a reply at all. May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will ask the Prime Minister to try to deal with this matter as decently and generously as the right hon. Member for Woodford (Sir W. Churchill) tried to do when he was Prime Minister some five or six years ago, and not be afraid on this occasion of any revolt by the 1922 Committee?
§ Mr. ButlerI remember assisting my right hon. Friend the Member for Woodford (Sir W. Churchill) on the previous occasion, and I have no doubt that my successor as Chancellor of the Exchequer will help my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on this occasion; but I cannot give any indication of what the date is likely to be.