Allowances

Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at 4:39 pm on 8 June 1999.

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Photo of Johann Lamont Johann Lamont Labour 4:39, 8 June 1999

Certainly-this is my last point. The charge that we are allowing neither opposition nor access would be justified if the list MSPs were not going to receive any allowances. There is a differential allowance in recognition of the differential work load. We need a monitoring system to check whether, in fact, there is a differential work load; if there is not, we must change the system. The people of Scotland need to be represented and they must not suffer because of debates about individual allowances.