§ Mr. Ian Stewartasked the Lord President of the Council what is the specific authority for his statement on 12th July, Official Report, c. 33, that Members who have earnings from other sources which take their total earnings to £8,500 or more are not eligible under the current round of the pay policy to receive the £6 supplement.
§ Mr. FootParagraph 7 of Cmnd. 6151 stated that the Government considered the upper limit for the £6 increase should be £8,500, and I made clear to the House on 23rd July 1975 that no one earning £8,500 a year or more should take an increase of any kind within the period of the policy. It was on this basis that, in my statement on 12th July, I said that Members with total earnings of £8,500 or more would be asked to forgo the £6 supplement.