Committee on Standards in Public Life: MPs' Expenses and Allowances: Supporting Parliament, safegu…
R12-48
Published November 2009
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
The Speaker’s Committee on the independent regulator should include three lay members drawn from outside Parliament who have not previously been MPs or peers. They should be chosen through the official public appointments process and formally approved by the House.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, MPs' Expenses and Allowances: Supporting Parliament, safeguarding the taxpayer, November 2009