§ Q3. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Prime Minister whether he will increase his salary by £4,000 per annum and that of each of this Ministers by 36 per cent.
§ The Prime MinisterNo, Sir.
§ Mr. LewisI thank the Prime Minister for that full and expected reply, but is he aware that his compatriots across the river have increased the salaries of their leading officials by these amounts, while the Chancellor of the Exchequer has today said that the Government will attack the wage and salary cost-inflation? Would it not be as well for him to attack the G.L.C. for having done what it has done?
§ The Prime MinisterLocal government salaries are a matter for the local authorities. If the hon. Gentleman wants to put down a Question about a specific salary, perhaps he will do so.