§ The Earl of Swintonasked the Leader of the House:
When it is expected that the report of the Top Salaries Review Body about the Peers' allowance for secretarial costs, postage and certain additional expenses and the secretarial allowance for Ministers and other paid office holders in the House of Lords will be published.
§ The Lord President of the Council (Viscount Whitelaw)The report of the Top Salaries Review Body about the secretarial, research and office equipment allowance for MPs and the allowance for Peers' secretarial costs, postage and certain additional expenses and the secretarial allowance for Ministers and other paid office holders in the House of Lords is published today. Copies are now available in the Printed Paper Office. The Government are grateful to members of the review body for their report and the time and care which they have put into its preparation. The Government will consult with the parties concerned and following those consultations will announce decisions on the report and propose resolutions, as appropriate, to implement them.