Paragraph 3

The Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 is amended as follows.

In section 1 (salaries), in subsection (2), for the words from “at such rate” to the end there is substituted

“of—

(a)

£68,827, where the Lord Chancellor is a member of the House of Commons;

(b)

otherwise, £101,038.”

In that section, after subsection (5) there is inserted—

“(6)

Where a person who holds office as Lord Chancellor (and to whom a salary is accordingly payable under subsection (2)) is also the holder of one or more other offices in respect of which a salary is payable under this section, he shall only be entitled to one of those salaries.

(7)

If, in the case of a person mentioned in subsection (6), there is a difference between the salaries payable in respect of the offices held by him, the office in respect of which a salary is payable to him shall be that in respect of which the highest salary is payable.”

In section 1A (alteration of salaries), in subsection (1), after “section 1(1),” insert “ (2)(a) or (b), ”.