§ 63. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister of Transport why, in view of the Government's policy to refuse wage increases in excess of three-and-a-half per cent., he agreed to increase the salary of the Vice-Chairman of the British Railways Board by 25 Per cent. and thus made the existing salary of £12,500 per annum £500 per annum in excess of the Chairman's; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MarshThe salary to be paid to Mr. Bosworth when he becomes Vice-Chairman of the Railways Board is personal to him and does not imply any change in the standard salaries for the96W membership of public boards. Mr. Bosworth has, in fact, agreed to serve for a broadly similar level of total remuneration to that which obtains in his present employment. There is no breach of incomes policy and I am grateful to Mr. Bosworth for his willingness to take on these heavy responsibilities on this basis.