§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Lord President if he will submit to the Top Salaries Review Body the information that hon. Members need to have their salaries raised to £11,788 per annum to restore their purchasing value to October 1964 and that, whereas former hon. Members have had an 81.4 per cent. increase in their pensions, hon. Members' salaries have only increased by 63.3 per cent.; and when he expects to rectify these discrepancies.
§ Mr. FootThe Government have submitted information to the Top Salaries Review Body on a variety of matters relevant to its deliberations, including the effects of inflation on Members' salaries. As to future action on Members' salaries, I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Huddersfield, West (Mr. Lomas) on 18 January 1979—[Official Report, Vol. 960, c. 822.]