§ Mr. EdwardsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement about a structure for salaries, allowances, gratuities and pensions for members of the National Assembly for Wales. [40331]
§ Mr. Ron DaviesIn accordance with the undertaking made to Parliament and in the White Paper "A Voice for Wales", I have written to the Chairman of the Senior Salaries Review Body inviting him and his colleagues to consider and make recommendations on the salaries, allowances, gratuities and pensions which would be payable to members of the National Assembly for Wales. My letter sets out the full remit I am asking the SSRB to accept and I have arranged for copies to be placed in the Libraries of the House.