§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Lord President of the Council (1), since Members have had no adjustments of their salaries during phase 1 and 2, whether he will use phase 3 in general, and unsocial hours procedure in particular, in deciding new salary figures to put to the House;
(2) whether he will provide means to enable Members to have the opportunity of negotiating their salaries and conditions of employment through their trade unions or on some other stated basis before they are voted on.
§ Mr. PriorThe Government have already indicated that it is not anticipated that there would be more than one review of Members' salaries during a Parliament of normal length. The basis on which Members' salaries are determined and how Members can express their individual or collective views on this issue are matters that might be considered by the Review Body at the appropriate time.