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Parliamentary Standards (Amendment) Bill
A Bill to amend the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 to require the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to reduce the cost and change the schemes of payment of Members of the House of Commons; and for connected purposes.
In progress
Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)
The story so farThe Parliamentary Standards (Amendment) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 20 July 2010 by Adam Afriyie (Conservative). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.
What the bill does
<p>The Bill would amend the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 to require the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to reduce the cost and change the schemes of payment of Members of the House of Commons.</p><p><strong>Key areas</strong></p><ul><li>requires IPSA to prepare a scheme to replace the salaries and certain allowances currently payable to Members with a Members’ Allowance; the Staffing Expenditure and Constituency Office Rental Expenditure would be retained from the current scheme</li><li>specifies how the Members’ Allowance is to be calculated and that its budget should be lower than the total expenditure of the current arrangements</li><li>restricts IPSA’s administrative costs to 2.5 per cent of the value of payments under the Scheme.</li></ul>
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading Commons 20 Jul 2010
- 2nd reading Commons Current
Source: the official bill page. Last updated 1 May 2012.