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Mr. Eldon Griffiths
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
| MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT OF EEC COUNTRIES | ||||||
| Annual salary | Income tax paid by married man with 2 children (assuming no other allowances) | |||||
| Belgium | … | … | … | … | 1,363,259 BF (£23,009) | 164,000 BF (£2,768) |
| Denmark | … | … | … | … | 134,884 DKR (£12,932) | 58,713 DKR (£5,629) |
| France | … | … | … | … | 188,188 FR (£21,850) | 8,500 FR (£987) |
| Federal Republic of Germany | … | … | … | … | 90,000 DM (£24,000) | 24,544 DM (£6,545) |
| Republic of Ireland | … | … | … | … | £6,755 | £1,420 |
| Italy | … | … | … | … | 20,256,000 Lire (£12,166) | 500,000 Lire (£300) |
| Luxembourg | … | … | … | … | 270,000 F Lux (£4,557) | Nil |
| The Netherlands | … | … | … | … | 87,590 FLS (£21,520) | 22,700 FLS (£5,577) |
| United Kingdom | … | … | … | … | £6,897 | £1,643 |
| Including housing | Excluding housing | |
| United Kingdom | 100 | 100 |
| Belgium | 141 | 129 |
| Denmark | 138 | 134 |
| France | 130 | 122 |
| Netherlands | 136 | 127 |
| F.R. of Germany | 137 | 133 |
| Italy | 91 | 90 |
Affairs if he will list the annual salaries paid to hon. Members of Parliament in each of the member countries of the European Community together with the most recent estimate of the domestic income taxes payable by members in each country with two dependent children, and the latest comparative figures of the cost of living as compiled by either the European Commission or the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in the capital city of each member State.
Mr. Judd
Details of the salaries and taxation of Members of Parliament in each EEC country are as follows