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Committee on Standards in Public Life comments on the first Special Report of the Members Estimate Committee on the review of members' allowances
Sir Christopher Kelly, Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, today commented on the First Special Report of the Members Estimate Committee on the review of members' allowances. Sir Christopher said:
"My Committee has recently discussed how to respond to current public concerns about parlimentary allowances. There can be no doubt that recent events have been damaging to public trust in Parliment and that a fundamental review of allowances if trust is to be restored. My understanding is that many Members of Parliment share this view. My Committee therefore intends to produce a statement of principles that we believe a new system of allowances should follow if it is to measure up to te highest standards expected elsewhere. The Speaker has told me that he would welcome this.
The principles will inform the discussions which we have been invited to have with the Members Estimate Committee. They will also inform any views we may subsequently express on the outcome of the review.
We welcome the Members Estimate Committee's decision to conduct theur review to an accelerated timetable and in an open and transparent way, to draw on practice elsewhere and to consult this Committee and others initially and about their emerging conclusion. We also welcome their recognition that one of the key requirements of any new system resulting from the the current review is that it should command public respect."
