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Committee on Standards to review MPs' Expenses and Allowances
The Committee first expressed concern about the system of allowances and expenses for Members of Parliament in the Committee's 2006 Annual Report (published June 2007). In April 2008 it published a set of principles which it believed should underpin the system for reimbursing MPs' expenses. It submitted these principles to the review then being undertaken by the Members Estimate Committee. In July 2008 after two debates in the House on the issue, it stated that "There remains a case in our view for a fresh and independent look at the complete picture of how MPs should be supported in a modern system, looking at both what the public expect from their MPs and how they are resourced to meet those expectations". But it deferred a decision about whether or not to undertake a review of MPs' Expenses at that time to see how well proposals agreed by the House were implemented in practice.
Details of various Committee statements on the system for reimbursing MPs' Expenses are set out below.
Related Documents
- Statement on the involvement of the Parliamentary members of the Committee in the Committee inquiry into MPs' Expenses doc 25Kb
- Principles to govern a review of MPs' Allowances doc 36Kb
- Committee statement on MPs' pay and allowances (July 2008) doc 45Kb
- Committee's response to the consultation on the audit and assurance of MPs' allowances (September 2008) doc 43Kb
- Letter to the Cabinet Secretary suggesting an inquiry into MPs' Pay and Expenses (3 March 2009) doc 36Kb
- Prime Minister's letter to the Committee (23 March 2009) pdf 110Kb
- Prime Minister's letter to the Committee (30 March 2009) pdf 58Kb
- Tony Wright's letter to the Chairman (5th Feb 2008) doc 25Kb
- Chairman's letter to Tony Wright (6th Feb 2008) doc 56Kb
