Sentences with phrase «parliamentary allowances»

The committee concluded it was «at the least, an improper use of parliamentary allowances: at worst, it was a serious diversion of public funds».

The former is properly a matter for support from Parliamentary allowances; the latter, not.

The Guardian: «The husband - and - wife Tory backbenchers were last year found to have breached House of Commons rules after claiming # 80,000 in parliamentary allowances for a flat owned by a trust their children control.

He said: «People will find it hard to believe that Mr Cameron's decision to arrange his finances so that all of his mortgage debt was on a property funded by parliamentary allowances meant no extra cost to the taxpayer, as compared to continuing to share the debt between two properties.»

As he claimed parliamentary allowances for the accommodation this meant he broken Commons rules, but - because staff deducted the claim by the amount received as rent from the sub-tenant - he did not gain financially.

Many felt the government should have waited for Sir Christopher Kelly's root - and - branch review of parliamentary allowances before acting.

«What we should do is get rid of the second home allowance and instead have a transparent parliamentary allowance where we say you only get money - and less money than is available at the moment - if you produce receipts for a very strictly controlled number of things.

This website is funded from Parliamentary allowances.

Standards Commissioner finds against ex-MP Andrew Mackay, but clears fellow Expensesgate victim Julie Kirkbride, over use of parliamentary allowances

The parliamentary standards commissioner, John Lyon, announced that he would investigate a complaint about the former defence secretary lodged by Labour MP John Mann, after Mann asked him to examine allegations that Fox allowed Werritty to live rent - free in his London flat, which allowed him to run a business from a property funded by parliamentary allowances.

Most of its members revealed themselves in an open letter to Donald Tusk on the rights of EU citizens in the UK last November and some use their parliamentary allowances to pay for a staffer.

Claim: Mr Knight, the schools minister and MP for Dorset South, was one of several MPs who paid Dennis Bates, the husband of Labour MP Meg Munn, from their parliamentary allowances for tax advice, according to the Daily Telegraph.

Claim: Ms Merron, the foreign office minister and M for Lincoln, was one of several MPs who paid Dennis Bates, the husband of Labour MP Meg Munn, from their parliamentary allowances for tax advice, according to the Daily Telegraph.

«Reform of parliamentary allowances is long overdue, but Gordon Brown's timing looks like a cynical attempt to distract attention away from Labour's # 15 billion Budget cuts bombshell.»

The leader of Conservative Euro - MPs is facing calls for an investigation after it was revealed he funnelled some of his parliamentary allowances into his family company.

However, as the Committee notes, the arrangements had the unintended effect of misapplying some of my Parliamentary allowances for non-Parliamentary purposes, for which I am sorry.

The Press Association reports that the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, John Lyon, has finally passed on to the Commons Standards Committee the conclusions of his inquiry into Caroline Spelman's use of parliamentary allowances to pay a nanny - cum - secretary for two years during the late 1990s when she was first elected to Parliament.

Under the new rules drawn up in the wake of the expenses scandal, MPs can no longer use parliamentary allowances to buy a second home.

Upon publication of MP's expenses in 2009, Ward defended her choice to fund a second home in Westminster from her parliamentary allowance, citing her need to balance her public duties with her duties as a mother of small children.

Part IV («Both Houses of the Parliament») deals with eligibility for voting and election to the parliament, parliamentary allowances, parliamentary rules and related matters.

«It is a gross misrepresentation of what I said to the young lady at the Telegraph,» he told the BBC Newsnight programme as he denied having built servants» quarters from his parliamentary allowance.

I gather that Mr Ottaway had called the meeting himself in order to discuss the issues raised over his use of parliamentary allowances and seek a fresh mandate from his association.

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