§ Mr. du Cannasked the Lord President of the Council whether, in view of the fact that the sums mentioned in the Ministerial and Other Salaries Order are maxima and not the actual sums payable, he will list in the Official Report the 658W actual rates of salary now in payment in both Houses to each Minister, each office holder, salaried members of the Opposition, and to Mr. Speaker and the Lord Chancellor.
§ Mr. FootThe information is given in the following table:
MINISTERS AND OFFICE-HOLDERS' SALARIES EFFECTIVE FROM 31ST JULY 1978 Ministers £ Prime Minister 22,000 Lord Chancellor 22,228 Lord Privy Seal 14,528 Other Cabinet Ministers 14,300 Senior Ministers not in the Cabinet and Ministers of State: Commons 8,250 to 10,450 Lords 8,822 to 10,678 Parliamentary Secretaries: Commons 6,050 Lords 6,622 Law Officers Attorney-General 15,950 Solicitor-General 12,100 Lord Advocate 12,100 Solicitor-General for Scotland 9,097 Government Whips—Commons Treasurer of Her Majesty's House hold 5,500 Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household 4,400 Comptroller of Her Majesty's House hold 4,400 Lords Commissioners and Assistant Whips 4,400 Government Whips—Lords Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen of Arms 7,722 Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard 6,072 Lords-in-Waiting 5,522 OFFICE-HOLDERS Commons Mr. Speaker 14,300 Leader of the Opposition 10,450 Opposition Chief Whip 8,250 Opposition Whip 4,400 Lords Leader of the Opposition 4,403 Opposition Chief Whip 3,248 Note: The Round 1 increase of £312, which was payable only to Junior Ministers in the House of Lords, would have had to have been disclaimed in cases where total earnings from all sources exceeded £8,500 to accord with the pay guidelines.