Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) Act 2026

Commons bill Government Bill 2025-26 Act of Parliament

Passed โ€” Royal Assent 29 April 2026
Sponsor
Darren Jones (Labour)
Introduced
5 March 2026
Royal Assent
29 April 2026
About this bill

A Bill to Make provision about the maximum number of salaries that may be paid under the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 in respect of certain Ministerial offices.

Parliamentary stages

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Commons
โœ“ First reading 5 Mar 2026
โœ“ Allocation Of Time Motion 17 Mar 2026
โœ“ Second reading 17 Mar 2026
โœ“ Committee of the Whole House 17 Mar 2026
โœ“ Third reading 17 Mar 2026
Lords
โœ“ First reading 18 Mar 2026
โœ“ Second reading 14 Apr 2026
โœ“ Committee Negatived 14 Apr 2026
โœ“ Report stage 14 Apr 2026
โœ“ Third reading 14 Apr 2026
Final stages
โœ“ Royal Assent 29 Apr 2026

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What this bill is about

From the Explanatory Notes (March 2026):

1 The Bill increases the total number of salaries payable to Ministers of the Crown from 109 to 120. It does so by amending the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975 (MOSA), which provides for ministerial salaries to be charged on and payable out of money provided by Parliament. 2 Specifically, the Bill amends paragraph 2 of Part 5 of Schedule 1 to MOSA, which provides for salaries for three categories of ministerial rank. Those categories are defined in Parts 1, 2, and 4 of Schedule 1 to MOSA. Those ranks are: 3 Secretary of State rank, which provides for salaries for the Prime Minister, โ€ฆ
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