§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Lord President of the Council whether he will publish in the Official Report the details supplied by him to the hon. Member for Newham, North-West in his letter of 2nd March 1978 concerning allowances paid to parliamentarians in European Economic Community countries, connecting the details on transport cost of British hon. Members and giving the details for the Members of the European Assembly members of the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. FootThe table on EEC parliamentarians' pay and allowances given in response to the Question from my hon. Friend the Member for Ince (Mr. McGuire) on 7th March 1978—[Vol. 945, c.555]—gives identical information to that contained in my letter. The details in the table were necessarily condensed, but I am not aware of any errors.
Allowances paid to Members of the European Assembly are the concern of that Assembly. However, I understand that the following are payable:
Subsistence—3,000 Belgian francs per day.Travel—12 Belgian francs for each of the first 400 kilometres and 5 Belgium francs for each subsequent kilometre.Secretarial assistance—Reimbursement of the cost of privately engaged secretarial assistant within a limit of 678 units of account per month.