In the report submitted by the committee the following comments were made. "We have found the problem of determining the amount of salary which should be paid to Ministers and other office holders to be one of considerable difficulty". " the office of Prime Minister is, by any standard, one which transcends in difficulty, complexity and responsibility that of the highest paid executives in the private sector, and the other offices under consideration are in varying degrees no less arduous and demanding of time and talent than senior and highly rewarded positions in industry and commerce."

Based on these observations the committee recommended increases ranging from 66% to 144% for parliamentarians with effect. The standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives was requested to consider the proposals and to report to Parliament. The Standing Finance Committee recommended that the increases, with minor adjustments, should be implemented. This recommendation was approved by the House of Representatives in 1973. It was further decided that Cabinet Ministers should receive $1.00 per month above the salary paid to Permanent Secretaries.

Notwithstanding the decision to link the pay of the Cabinet Minister to that of the Permanent Secretary, Parliamentarians did not receive another increase in salary until 1990.

Between 1980 and 1990 two other committees were established to look at the issue of salaries for parliamentarians. Both committees recommended that formula, which sets the salary of the Cabinet Minister at $52.00 per annum above that of a Permanent Secretary, should be retained. The current relationship is: