Civil List Act, 1952

HC Deb 07 March 1967 vol 742 c1239

173. Mr. Frank Allaun

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will introduce legislation to secure the posponement of any increases payable under the Civil List Act, 1952 until the end of the period of the wages standstill and severe wages restraint.

Mr. Callaghan

No, Sir.

Mr. Allaun

Is it not both unfair and provocative that thousands of men taking home less than £13 a week should be denied a small increase, when an 18-yearold schoolboy can have his income doubled to £30,000 a year?

Mr. Callaghan

I do not think that that is the position. The Civil List Act of 1952 laid down quite clearly in Section (2) what were to be the payments to the Duke of Cornwall, and it is that legislation which is now being fulfilled.