§ Resolved,
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That, in pursuance of the provisions of section 3 of the House of Commons Members' Fund Act 1948, the maximum annual amounts of the periodical payments which may be made out of the House of Commons Members' Fund under the House of Commons Members' Fund Act 1939 as amended by the said Act of 1948 and by the Resolutions of the House of 17th November 1955, 7th March 1957, 17th May 1961, 9th March 1965, 4th May 1971, 1st August 1972, 29th November 1974, 27th November 1975, 8th November 1976, 30th November 1977, 6th December 1977, 30th November 1978 and 10th December 1979 be varied as from 1st December 1980 as follows:
(a) for paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the said Act of 1939, as so amended, there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
1. The annual amount of any periodical payment made to any person by virtue of his past membership of the House of Commons shall not exceed £1,670 or such sum as, in the opinion of the trustees, will bring his income up to £3,085 per annum, which ever is the less.
Provided that if, having regard to length of service and need, the trustees chink fit, they may make a larger payment not exceeding £3,220 or such sum as, it their opinion, will bring his income up to £4,635 per annum, whichever is the less;
(b) for paragraph 2 of the said Schedule there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
2. The annual amount of any periodical payment m any person by virtue of her being a widow of a past Member of the House of Commons shall not exceed
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£835 or such sum as, in the opinion of the trustees, will bring her income up to £2,250 per annum, whichever is the less.
Provided that if, having regard to her husband's length of service or to her need, the trustees think fit, they may make a larger payment not exceeding £1,610 or such sum as, in the opinion of the trustees, will bring her income up to £3,025 per annum, whichever is the less;
(c) in paragraph 2A of the said Schedule for the words 'the annual amount of any periodical payment' to the end of the paragraph, there shall be substituted the words:—
'the annual amount of any periodical payment made to any such widower shall not exceed £835 or such sum as, in the opinion of the trustees, will bring his income up to £2,250 per annum, whichever is the less.
Provided that if, having regard to his wife's length of service or to his needs, the trustees think fit, they may make a larger payment not exceeding £1,610 or such sum as, in the opinion of the trustees, will bring his income up to £3,025 per annum, whichever is the less'.—[Mr. Parker.]