§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Lord President of the Council (1) whether he will publish in the Official Report any information he has regarding the secretarial and individual research or administrative assistance, available to Back Bench Members of Parliament in other Common Market countries;
(2) if he will publish the pay per hour, based on salary divided by the number of parliamentary working hours per year, for hon. Members of Parliament in Great Britain, other EEC countries. Canada and Australia.
(3) what information he has of the salaries and allowances paid to Members of Parliament in other EEC countries; and if he will publish the latest figures calculated in the £ sterling equivalent.
§ Mr. FootAs with previous inquiries our embassies in the EEC can supply information in standard form on salaries and allowances, and accordingly I am arranging for this to be collected centrally for publication in due course. Disproportionate costs would, however, be incurred in extending the scope of this standard exercise to provide information on parliamentary working hours.