§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT OF EEC COUNTRIES Annual salary Income tax paid by married man with 2 children (assuming no other allowances) Belgium … … … … 1,363,259 BF (£23,009) 164,000 BF (£2,768) Denmark … … … … 134,884 DKR (£12,932) 58,713 DKR (£5,629) France … … … … 188,188 FR (£21,850) 8,500 FR (£987) Federal Republic of Germany … … … … 90,000 DM (£24,000) 24,544 DM (£6,545) Republic of Ireland … … … … £6,755 £1,420 Italy … … … … 20,256,000 Lire (£12,166) 500,000 Lire (£300) Luxembourg … … … … 270,000 F Lux (£4,557) Nil The Netherlands … … … … 87,590 FLS (£21,520) 22,700 FLS (£5,577) United Kingdom … … … … £6,897 £1,643 Neither the European Commission nor the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development produces the required figures for cost of living, but figures showing the relative cost of living for United Nations officials stationed in the capitals of various countries are given in the United Nations Monthly Bulletin of Statistics. The latest information—referring to June 1978—covers all the EEC countries except Luxembourg and the Republic of Ireland and is as follows:
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Including housing Excluding housing United Kingdom 100 100 Belgium 141 129 Denmark 138 134 France 130 122 Netherlands 136 127 F.R. of Germany 137 133 Italy 91 90 Affairs if he will list the annual salaries paid to hon. Members of Parliament in each of the member countries of the European Community together with the most recent estimate of the domestic income taxes payable by members in each country with two dependent children, and the latest comparative figures of the cost of living as compiled by either the European Commission or the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in the capital city of each member State.
§ Mr. JuddDetails of the salaries and taxation of Members of Parliament in each EEC country are as follows