§ 22. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the £16.50 per day tax-free expenses allowed as an attendance payment to members of the House of Lords is worth over £25 per day gross to the overwhelming majority of the recipients, that to many it is worth between £44.07 to £97.06 per day; and whether, in the interests of his wages, prices and incomes policy, he will make these payments conditional upon a peer proving that his other public and/or private income payments are below £5,000 per annum.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettI refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Lord President to my hon. Friend the Member for Kingswood (Mr. Walker) on 22nd March.—[Vol. 928, c.468.]