§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps, by legislation or otherwise, to prevent peers who are members of Her Majesty's Government or who hold salaried State appointments, from being entitled to claim the six and a half guineas per day tax-free allowance when attending the House of Lords.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinPeers are not entitled to a tax-free allowance of six and a half guineas per day when attending the House of Lords. Members of the House of Lords may recover, within a daily limit of £6 10s., their actual out-of-pocket expenses. This does not apply to Ministers of the Crown, Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, and certain other office holders.
For the rest of the Question, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 26th November.—[Vol. 807, c. 218–19.]