§ Mr. Norman Lamontasked the Lord President of the Council what proportion of an average salary for an assistant secretary in the Civil Service is represented by a Member of Parliament's salary; and how that percentage compares with 1974.
§ Mr. FootThe basic parliamentary salary at the end of November 1974 was 56 per cent. of the average of the minimum and maximum points of the assistant secretary scale. The corresponding figure at the end of November 1978 is 62 per cent.