Members' Allowances

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 2:01 pm on 3 November 2004.

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Photo of Phil Woolas Phil Woolas Parliamentary Secretary 2:01, 3 November 2004

The hon. Gentleman is making a very powerful point, and it might help his case if I remind him that the comparators that the SSRB uses for Members are in fact head teachers of middle-ranking secondary schools and police superintendents. I perhaps wish that it did use the comparator of chief executives of local authorities.