asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will hold consultations with the Post Office with a view to ensuring the preservation of Victorian letter boxes, in view of their contribution to the national heritage.
I understand the National Postal Museum already has a representative collection of letter boxes, including those from the Victoria era, and a number are in the collections of different museums around the country.
| Operative date | Parliamentary salary | Percentage increase over preceding figure | Equivalent in June 1980 real terms* | |||
| £ | £ | |||||
| 1 April 1946 | … | … | … | 1,000 | — | 9,040 |
| 24 May 1954 | … | … | … | 1,250 | 25·0 | 7,800 |
| (including sessional allowance) | ||||||
| 1 July 1957 | … | … | … | 1,750 | 40·0 | 9,790 |
| 16 October 1964 | … | … | … | 3,250 | 85·7 | 15,340 |
| 1 January 1972 | … | … | … | 4,500† | 38·5 | 14,420 |
| 13 June 1975 | … | … | … | 5,750 | 27·8 | 11,140 |
| 13 June 1976 | … | … | … | 6,062 | 5·4 | 10,320 |
| 13 June 1977 | … | … | … | 6,270 | 3·4 | 9,070 |
| 13 June 1978 | … | … | … | 6,897 | 10·0 | 9,290 |
| 13 June 1979 | … | … | … | 9,450‡ | 37·0 | 11,430 |
| 13 June 1980 | … | … | … | 10,725‡ | 13·5 | — |
| 13 June 1980 | … | … | … | 11,750§ | 9·6 | — |
| * As measured by the movement in the Consumer's expenditure deflator for the period 1946 to 1962 and the General Index of Retail Prices from 1962 to 1980. | ||||||
| † Members' remuneration prior to 1972 contained an unquantifiable eelment to cover thei rexpenses. Separate allowances for these expenses have been payable since 1972. | ||||||
| ‡ First and second stage salaries following Government proposals on the recommendations in Top Salaries Review Body Report No. 12, approved by the House on 11 July 1979. | ||||||
| § Updated second stage salary following Government proposal on TSRB 15, approved by the House on 21 July 1980. | ||||||
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will estimate the total pay forgone from June 1979 to June 1981 in gross income to an hon. Member which followed from the incomplete implementation of the Boyle committee's recommendations in 1979 and 1980.
£3,100.
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he is now in a position to make the statement he has promised on parliamentary pay, pensions and allowances.
The question of preserving post boxes in situ would be a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Industry in the first instance.