INDEPENDENT PARLIAMENTARY STANDARDS AUTHORITY PHONE LINE

That this House notes that the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is charged with paying and monitoring hon. Members' expenses; further notes that recent Freedom of Information requests show that hon. Members and their staff spent 70 working days on the telephone to IPSA's helpline, calling from the Parliamentary Estate, in only the first six months of this Parliament; deplores that this telephone line is now open only four hours a day; and demands that IPSA reopens this telephone line so that those suffering problems are able to resolve them.