§ Mr. Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Transport what annual increases in the rates of pay of the chairman, deputy chairman and members of the National Ports Council have been introduced since April 1976; and what expenses were claimed by each during the last 12 months for which figures are available.
§ Mr. William RodgersThe rates of pay of the chairman, deputy chairman and one full-time member of the National Ports Council were increased from 1st January 1977 by £208.80 per annum in the case of the full-time member and in the other two cases by an appropriate fraction of that sum—namely, chairman £104.40 per annum, and deputy chairman £41.76 per annum. The rates were further increased, with effect from 1st January 1978, by 10 per cent.
The rate of pay of the part-time members was increased, with effect from 1st January 1978, by 10 per cent.
The expenses paid to council members are a matter for the council.