Members Estimate Committee - Third Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 23 June 2008.
Contents
Terms of Reference
1 Introduction
Context
Conduct of the inquiry
Why was there not an external inquiry?
Structure of the report
2 Better financial assurance
Advice of the Members Estimate Audit
Committee
The Committee on Standards in Public Life
SSRB proposals
What happens in other organisations
The Scottish Parliament
Advice from the Comptroller and Auditor General
Views expressed by Members
Opinion of the Committee
Practice assurance
Stronger external audit
Revision of the Green Book
3 Employment of staff
Reports from the Standards and Privileges
Committee
The Committee on Standards in Public Life
What happens in other organisations
The Scottish Parliament
Experience in other parliamentary bodies
Views expressed by Members
Advice from the Department of Resources
Opinion of the Committee
Central employment of MPs' staff by the House
Employment of relatives
Improving employment practice
Employment of staff in London: the SSRB proposal
4 Costs of running MPs' offices
The Committee on Standards in Public Life
The Scottish Parliament
Views expressed by Members
Advice from the Department of Resources
Opinion of the Committee
5 Communicating with constituents
and the public
The Standards and Privileges Committee's
recommendations
SSRB proposals
Views expressed by Members
Opinion of the Committee
6 Costs of travel on parliamentary
business
What happens in other organisations
The Scottish Parliament
Views expressed by Members
Advice from the Department of Resources
Opinion of the Committee
Family travel
7 Accommodation costs of working away
from home
SSRB proposals
The Committee on Standards in Public Life
What happens in other organisations
What the courts have said
The Scottish Parliament
Views expressed by Members
Advice from the Department of Resources
Combining with salary (option A)
Overnight expenses allowance (option B)
Per Diem rate: (option C)
Opinion of the Committee
Quantum
Administrative arrangements
Scope of what can be claimed
Options for the future
The London issue
8 Redundancy
What happens in other organisations
The Scottish Parliament
Views expressed by Members
Advice from the Department of Resources
Opinion of the Committee
9 Implementation of this review
Possible implementation timetable
Names of allowances
Conclusion on SSRB recommendations
Conclusions and recommendations
Formal Minutes
Appendix 1: Paper by the Committee on Standards
in Public Life
Appendix 2: Paper by the Members Estimate
Audit Committee
Appendix 3: Paper by the Comptroller and
Auditor General (NAO)
Appendix 4: Paper by the Committee on Standards
and Privileges
Written Evidence
HC 578-II - Papers from the Department of Resources
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