§ Mrs. Ann Taylorasked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the publication of the Review Body on Top Salaries Report No. 8 on Ministers of the Crown and Members of Parliament and the Peers Expense Allowance Part II.
§ The Prime MinisterThe Eighth Report of the Top Salaries Review Body (TSRB) "Ministers of the Crown and Members of Parliament and the Peers Expenses Allowance Part II" was published today. The TSRB was asked by my predecessor, the right hon. Member for Huyton (Sir H. Wilson) to review the remunerations and pensions of Ministers of the Crown and Members of Parliament and the peers' expenses allowance.
As my right hon. Friend the Lord President informed the House on 12th July, the report recommends substantial increases in ministerial salaries and improvements in the parliamentary 346W pension scheme. These recommendations cannot be implemented under the current incomes policy and the Government do not propose to take any further action on the report until the incomes policy permits. The Lord President also made it clear that the Government are in no way committed to implementing the recommendations.