§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether she will give, for the longest and most convenient stated period of time, the number of occasions when salaries of hon. Members have been adjusted in view of a committee's report; in how many of these cases the report's recommendations were implemented immediately and without adjustment; and in how many cases the report's recommendations have been delayed or amended prior to implementation.
§ Mr. PymI have been asked to reply.
Since remuneration of MPs from public funds was introduced in 1911 there have been three reports on Members' salaries by Select Committees of the House of Commons, a report by a committee chaired by Sir Geoffrey Lawrence and five reports by the Review Body on Top Salaries—TSRB. Of these reports three were implemented in full, three were partially implemented, one was staged and one did not recommend an increase because of the existing economic climate. The most recent report of the TSRB has still to be debated by the House.