§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Employment why he is unable to give the details of the effects of the rise in the cost of living and percentage rises in salaries since 1964 of executives who were then on a salary scale of £3,250 per annum.
§ Mr. BryanInsufficient information is available about the pattern of expenditure of executives on a salary of £3,250 per annum in 1964 to permit the calculation of the rise in the cost of maintaining their standard of living. Also information is not available about the movements over this period in the salaries of executives with particular levels of earnings.