Sentences with phrase «overnight subsistence allowances»

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.

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».