Expenses And Allowances For Hon. Members

EDM number 115 in 2009-10, proposed by Dai Davies on 19/11/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Members of Parliament.

That this House, while taking into account the recommendations of the report of the Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life on parliamentary allowances and expenses, believes hon. Members should be encouraged to sign over current mortgages for their second home to the parliamentary authorities on behalf of the taxpayer; further believes that new rental agreements for second homes should be arranged and managed centrally, and that rent should be paid directly to the landlord by the parliamentary authorities; further believes that all hon. Members' staff contracts should be managed centrally, but that hon. Members should be responsible for the recommendation of any staff bonuses within agreed pay bands, when exceptional work is delivered; further believes that travelcards should be available for hon. Members alone, excluding family members, and should be used only between the hon. Member's constituency and Parliament, excepting circumstances of very large constituencies, or constituencies remote from London; further believes the case has now been made that no other expenses should be paid to hon. Members, and that this would result in no necessity for claim forms, as all legitimate expenditure would thus be controlled from a central authority; considers that henceforth hon. Members' pay rises should be linked to the lowest pay rise awarded in the Civil Service; and further believes that if such new arrangements were to be in place, then it would remove the necessity for any Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority or Speaker's Committee, thus saving more taxpayers' money by not having to pay wages or fees to finance another non-departmental or parliamentary body.

This motion has been signed by a total of 1 MPs.