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§ Question accordingly agreed to.
12.42 am§ Mr. Charles R. Morris (Manchester, Openshaw)I beg to move amendment (i), in line 26, at end add—
'(4) The annual amount of the pension payable to an honourable Member shall be a sum equal to the aggregate of the following amounts, that is to say—Accepting the clear will of the House for a speedy conclusion to our deliberations, I move the amendment very briefly. I believe that the basis of computing Members' pensions should reflect the realities of parliamentary life, in the in- 194 teresls not only of Members but of their families and dependants.
- (a) an amount equal to one-fortieth of the relevant terminal salary multiplied by the number of complete years comprised in his aggregate period of reckonable service as a Member, and
- (b) an amount bearing the same proportion to one-fortieth of the relevant terminal salary as the number of days comprised in that period after the end of the last complete year comprised in it bears to three hundred and sixty-five.'.
§ Question put, That the amendment be made:—
§ The House divided: Ayes 200, Noes 152.