Clause 1. — (Revised Rates of Salaries for Ministers.)

Part of Orders of the Day — Ministerial Salaries and Members' Pensions Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 22 January 1965.

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I want to deal precisely with the two Amendments. I think that there is a slight misunderstanding as to the situation. With regard to Ministers of State, no new flexibility is introduced—quite the reverse. The position with regard to Ministers of State under the previous Administration was that this flexibility existed with no upper limit, and, therefore, the Prime Minister of the day had power to fix what he thought was the relevant salary for a Minister of State, for perfectly wise and good reasons, up to any figure he chose.