§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Prime Minister whether, in the light of the Government's decision to implement the 359W Plowden Report on the salary increases to the higher paid civil servants on the grounds that these civil servants have not had increases for several years and that these proposed increases fall within the Government's incomes policy of a 3½ per cent. increase per annum, he will seek to adopt the same procedure regarding his own salary and that of his Ministerial colleagues.
§ The Prime MinisterI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to Questions by the hon. Member for Worcestershire, South (Sir G. Nabarro) on 15th July.—[Vol. 787, c. 404–9.]