Additional Costs Allowance And Second Homes (No. 2)

EDM number 1215 in 2008-09, proposed by Greg Mulholland on 30/03/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Members of Parliament.

That this House believes that the way a number of hon. and right hon. Members have used the additional costs allowance or second home allowance has brought the House of Commons into disrepute; believes that this allowance should only be used for the necessary and legitimate costs of living in two locations to be able to do the job of Member of Parliament and that this should only apply to those hon. Members whose seats are outside London; believes that House of Commons rules should be changed as quickly as possible so that the allowance can only be used for this and not for personal financial gain by wrongly declaring main and second residences; believes that this should be monitored by an independent body and not by hon. Members themselves; and further believes that any Minister who is found to have wrongly declared their main and second residences for personal gain should immediately resign and if they refuse to do so should be sacked.

This motion has been signed by a total of 18 MPs.