Sentences with phrase «overnight subsistence allowance»

The clerk of the parliaments, Michael Pownall, published a ruling yesterday in which he found that Rennard's claims for overnight subsistence allowance were «in accordance with the rules and guidance on members» expenses applicable at the time».

Lord Taylor of Warwick has become the first peer to be jailed over the parliamentary expenses scandal after a judge sentenced him to 12 months in prison on Tuesday for claiming more than # 11,000 in false travel and overnight subsistence allowances.