§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Lord President of the Council what payments are made to members of the European Assembly by way of salary and expenses, including cost of travel, respectively.
§ Mr. PriorThe responsibility for these matters lies with the European Assembly and I am not able to undertake to answer detailed questions about them.
I understand that, in addition to the payment of salary in respect of their membership of their respective Parliaments, members of the European Assembly receive the following travelling and subsistence expenses for attendances at meetings of the Assembly and of its Committees:
Daily subsistence:2,500 Belgian francs £24.44 at current rates of exchange).Travel expenses for each single journey:11 Belgian francs for each of the first 400 kilometres (10.75p at current rates of exchange).3 Belgian francs for each subsequent kilometre (2.93p at current rates of exchange).
§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Lord President of the Council if he will introduce legislation to allow constituencies whose Members of Parliament will be nominated to the European Assembly to indicate whether or not they are agreeable to this arrangement.