HC Deb 27 March 1981 vol 1 c432W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what will have been the income lost to hon. Members by 13 June 1981, when the third stage of the salary increases recommended by the Boyle committee report and approved by the House two years ago will be paid; and what was the longest delay in implementing a previous award and the amount similarly lost.

Mr. Pym

Had the recommendation in the Top Salaries Review Body's report No. 12 been fully implemented in June 1979, without staging, and updated by 9.6 per cent. in June 1980, hon. Members would have received £3,950 more than they will have actually been paid by 13 June 1981 when the third stage of their 1979 settlement is implemented.

No previous recommendations on hon. Members' pay have been staged. They have been implemented in full with the exception of the rate recommended by the review body in June 1975, which was only partially implemented. The salary of £8,000 then recommended was not overtaken by the actual pay of hon. Members until 13 June 1979 and the amount not received by Members as a consequence, calculated on the same basis as above, was £8,601.