§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will refuse to issue any further import licences for do-it-yourself blood pressure machines manufactured in the United States of America until the consequences of their import have been studied.
§ Mr. Meacher:Blood pressure machines may be freely imported into the United Kingdom without the need for importers to obtain individual import licences. Although my powers relate to the import of all kinds of goods, it is not part of the Government's policy that they should be used without justification. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services has told the House that 340W creases and those on a comparable salary scale in the Civil Service, taking into account the various phases of Government incomes policies awards and the various independent committee reports, going back for the longest period of time; and to what extent the salaries of Members of Parliament would have to be increased to restore them to the purchasing level at the stated date when these were most advantageous.
§ Mr. Charles R. Morris:The information is given in the attached table. Increasing the Members' salary as it stood in 1964 in line with the movement in the index of retail prices since that date produces a figure of £11,713.
he has not received any representations about these machines from the medical profession.