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- 20 Jul 2010 CSPL publishes its annual report for 2009-10
- 01 Jul 2010 Committee publishes paper on Local Leadership and Public Trust
- 17 May 2010 Chair delivers speech at LSE Health and Social Care Lecture
- 29 Mar 2010 Committee's response to IPSA expenses scheme
- 09 Mar 2010 Sir Christopher Kelly meets with the Greater London Authority Standards Committee
- 02 Feb 2010 Committee on Standards in Public Life publishes annual report and response to IPSA consultation on MPs' expenses
- 27 Jan 2010 Sir Christopher Kelly is due to appear before PASC on the 4th February
- 04 Nov 2009 Committee on Standards in Public Life Publishes Report on MPs' Expenses and Allowances
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Sir Christopher Kelly responds to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority scheme on MPs' expenses
Commenting on the scheme, Sir Christopher Kelly said:
"We are pleased that the great majority of our recommendations have been adopted in the IPSA scheme published today.
The main difference is the continued employment of family members. We heard the same arguments and reached the conclusion that ending this practice was necessary to ensure the system was free from the suspicion of abuse. We still take the same view. But IPSA was given the responsibility for taking decisions about this and will presumably keep it and other aspects of the new scheme under review. The important thing now is that the new Parliament can make a fresh start with a new expenses scheme.
We will have to see how the continued employment of family members works in practice."
