§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he will give the category or grade of a stated civil servant who was in January 1972 on the same or approximate rate of pay as [...] Member of Parliament; what increases have been paid to date; and to what 427W extent the salaries of Members of Parliament would have to be increased for them to receive the same percentage increase.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonA Civil Service principal on a salary of £4,462 on 1st January 1972 has received the following salary increases since that date:
£ 1st April 1973 … … 4,653 7th November 1973 … … 5,150 1st January 1974 … … 5,500 The increase on 7th November 1973 resulted from the first substantive pay review for this grade since 1st January 1971 and was made under those provisions of the stage 3 Pay Code which enabled standstill anomalies to be corrected. No similar increase would have been payable to Members. However, if the same percentage increase—23.3 per cent.—were applied to a Member's salary of £4,500 it would become £5,547.