§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the light of the fact that a British Member of Parliament pays tax on his salary and also pays income tax on the notional benefit obtained in assistance towards his travel costs to and from Westminster and his home, and his constituency and home, whether the Members of the European Assembly who receive additional tax-free salaries plus free travel are taxed on the same basis on travel payments as Members of the British Parliament.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonMembers of the European Parliament do not at present receive salaries. The expenses payments which they receive, like payments made and warrants issued to hon. Members, are taxable subject to a deduction for expenses wholly necessarily and exclusively incurred in the performance of their duties.