House of Lords: Allowances — Motion to Approve

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:11 pm on 20 July 2010.

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Moved By Lord Strathclyde

House of Lords Allowance

That-

1.- (1) Members of this House, except any Member who receives a salary under the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 and the Chairman and Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees, should be entitled to an allowance in respect of each day of attendance on or after 1 October 2010.

(2) "Attendance" means attendance-

(a) at a sitting of this House or a Committee of this House, or

(b) on such other Parliamentary business as may be determined by the House Committee.

(3) The amount of the allowance payable to a Member in respect of a day of attendance should be-

(a) £300, or

(b) if paragraph (4) applies, £150.

(4) This paragraph applies if-

(a) the attendance in question is away from Westminster, or

(b) the attendance is at Westminster but the Member elects that this paragraph should apply.

2.- (1) Accordingly, the following provisions should not apply in relation to expenses incurred on or after 1 October 2010-

(a) paragraph (1)(d) of the Resolution of 22nd July 1980 (office costs allowance),

(b) paragraph (1) of the Resolution of 25th July 1991 (day and night subsistence), and

(c) paragraph 4 of the Resolution of 10th November 2004 (overnight subsistence on visits away from the House).

(2) The limit on the expenses incurred from 1 August 2010 to 30 September 2010 which a Member of this House may recover under paragraph (1)(d) of the Resolution of 22nd July 1980 (office costs allowance) should be the amount obtained by multiplying-

(a) the number of days in that period specified by the Member, subject to a maximum of 40 days, and

(b) the appropriate amount for expenses incurred in that period (calculated in accordance with paragraph (3)(b) of the Resolution of 20th July 1994).