HC Deb 14 December 1978 vol 960 cc277-8W
Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked 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:

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. Judd

Details of the salaries and taxation of Members of Parliament in each EEC country are as follows

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