arkitect
Dec 21, 2009, 09:31 AM
Have a look at the House of Lords…
More than 100 peers claim £50k expenses. :rolleyes:
A hundred and three peers claimed more than £50,000 in expenses last year, according to House of Lords figures.
The amounts were released in a table of claims made between April 2008 and March 2009. Crossbencher Lord Laird, claimed the most at £73,804.
Labour's Baroness Adams, who did not speak in the Lords during the year, got the second most £66,896.
There were 134 official "sitting days" and average daily attendance was 400. Peers' claims totalled £19m overall.
Members of the House of Lords, apart from some ministers, do not get a salary, but can claim expenses for overnight stays, daily subsistence - such as food and drink - office costs and travel.
BBC Link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8424381.stm)
Please remind me again: What is that they do exactly?
More than 100 peers claim £50k expenses. :rolleyes:
A hundred and three peers claimed more than £50,000 in expenses last year, according to House of Lords figures.
The amounts were released in a table of claims made between April 2008 and March 2009. Crossbencher Lord Laird, claimed the most at £73,804.
Labour's Baroness Adams, who did not speak in the Lords during the year, got the second most £66,896.
There were 134 official "sitting days" and average daily attendance was 400. Peers' claims totalled £19m overall.
Members of the House of Lords, apart from some ministers, do not get a salary, but can claim expenses for overnight stays, daily subsistence - such as food and drink - office costs and travel.
BBC Link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8424381.stm)
Please remind me again: What is that they do exactly?
