HC Deb 05 November 1974 vol 880 cc125-6W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will give an

diately available and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost. Moreover, certain changes in structure in the administration grades at principal level and above following the report of the Fulton Committee affect the comparison. The following table shows the actual salary maxima before tax for each grade at 1st January 1960; the 1st January 1960 maxima expressed at 1974 prices, and the salary maxima at 1st January 1974.

assurance that Her Majesty's Government's decision to disperse British defence jobs to Scotland will not be affected by the apparent increase in support for separatism in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Charles R. Morris

The Government's decision to disperse to Scotland 6,000 posts in the Ministry of Defence is unaffected by the proposals outlined in the Queen's Speech for the implementation of the decision to set up a directly elected assembly in Scotland.