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Members' Salaries, Pensions and Allowances

The Government's clear intention is that we should come back to the House with any proposals for change that arise from the Baker review before we rise for the summer. That is the timetable that we have set forth. I know that there is criticism about the time that the Government took to publish the SSRB report and to bring it to the House for debate, so I understand the worry that the timetable might slip. That is one reason why we have made it absolutely clear, by proposing that we abolish the 1996 mechanism, that we are determined to have change and that we have a clear timetable for that change, which will be in the hands of the House and which the House will vote on before it rises for the summer.