HC Deb 20 December 1971 vol 828 c1248

Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House, it is expedient that provision should be made as from 1st January, 1972 (in lieu of the provision made by the resolution of this House of 18th December, 1964) for the payment to Members of this House of the following salary, that is to say—

  1. (a) in the case of all Members other than those described in sub-paragraph (b) below, a salary at the rate of £4,500 a year;
  2. (b) in the case of Members who are officers of this House and Members for the time being in receipt of a salary as holders of Ministerial office within the meaning of section 2 of the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957 (as amended by or under any' enactment including any enactment passed after the date hereof), or of any other salary or any pension payable under the Ministerial Salaries Consolidation Act 1965 (as so amended), a salary at the rate of £3,000 a year,
subject, in each case, to any enactment for the time being in force relating to contributory pensions for Members of this House, and in particular to any provision for deductions from Members' salaries as contributions to pensions.—[Mr. Whitelaw.]