MPs expenses
May 12, 2009 6:37 AM
Lib Dems propose urgent reform of MPs expenses
The Liberal Democrats have long argued that the expenses system needs to change and we have fought against attempts to restrict freedom of information requests about MPs' expenses. In April Nick Clegg put forward radical proposals for a new way forward that went beyond what Gordon Brown or David Cameron suggested. The proposals were based on sound principles: http://www.nickclegg.com/2009/04/mps-expenses-reform/
It was Liberal Democrat MPs who have led the opposition to attempts by some Labour and Conservative MPs to exempt MPs from freedom of information laws. Parliament wanted to exempt MPs expenses from the Freedom of Information Act. The effect would have been to remove any obligation for details of MPs' expenses to be made public. The Bill was 'talked out' by Lib Dem MP Norman Baker, with assistance from Simon Hughes but it came back and was voted through by both Labour and Conservative MPs. The Liberal Democrats voted against it.
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