Contents

Summary 4

1 Limitations on the number of ministers 6

1.1 Limitations on the number of paid ministers 6

1.2 Limitations on the number of ministers in the House of Commons 7

1.3 Calls for more paid ministers in the House of Lords 7

Amendment in the House of Lords 7

Commons consideration of the amendment 8

Later debate in the Lords 9

2 Situation when the bill was introduced (March 2026) 10

2.1 Number of government ministers 10

2.2 The Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 – other provisions 10

2.3 Current ministerial salaries 11

Order to reset ministerial pay increases 12

MPs’ salaries 13

3 The bill 14

3.1 Limits on ministerial salaries 14

3.2 Extent and commencement 15

3.3 Money resolution 15

4 Passage of the bill 16

4.1 House of Commons 16

Money bills 18

4.2 House of Lords 19