§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Lord Privy Seal whether he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's decision to make a further loan of £30 million to the Polish Government; to what extent £15 million of this is to be spent on cheap EEC food as a condition of the loan; and whether similar facilities are to be granted to the Government of Cuba.
As at June 1975 Current Position Percentage Increase Basic Parliamentary Salary £5,750 £11,750 104 Prices* 137.1 (Dec. 80) 275.6 101 Average Earnings† 233.4 (Nov. 80 pro) 474.3 112 Circuit Judge‡ £13,000 £22,000 69 Civil Service Assistant Secretary (Scale minimum) £8,650 £16,500 91 Civil Service Principal (Scale minimum) £5,680 £10,600 87 Area Electricity Board, Chairman (min. of range)§ £12,830 £23,750 85 Notes * The General Index of Retail Prices. † The index of average earnigs—all industries and services—seasonally adjusted. ‡ Selected as typical of the pattern of salary increases for the judiciary. § Selected as typical of the pattern of increases at lower levels of nationalized industry board salaries