Download or read book Financial Support for Members of the House of Lords written by Great Britain. Parliament House of Lords. House Committee and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Financial Support for Members of the House of Lords written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords Commission and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Financial support for members of the House of Lords written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Ad Hoc Group on Financial Support for Members of the House of Lords and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-06-29 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the agreement of the House to the principles and architecture of the recent report by the Review Body on Senior Salaries (Cm. 7746, ISBN 9780101774628) on the financial support for Members of the House of Lords, the House Committee appointed an ad hoc group to "consider and consult on issues in the report and to advise on their implementation". This report sets out the group's advice and recommendations to the House Committee. In summary, broadly concurring with the SSRB, specific recommendations include: the introduction of a daily allowance of £200; strict arrangements and greater transparency over Members' principal residences and London accommodation; agreement with the SSRB's recommendations on an overnight accommodation allowance; rejection of the need for taxis to be provided for Members for late sittings; that the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority approach to reimbursement of travel costs to MPS be considered for Members of the House of Lords; implementation of the SSRB's recommendations on publication and regular random checks; and an independent review of the new scheme after one year
Download or read book SSRB Review of Financial Support for Members of the House of Lords written by Great Britain. Parliament House of Lords. House Committee and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Financial Support for Members of the House of Lords written by Patrick M. Vollmer and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Library Note outlines the development of expense allowances payable to members of the House of Lords, and provides statistics on their rates and overall cost.
Download or read book House of Lords Commission 1st Report written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords Commission and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book House of Lords reform draft bill written by Great Britain: Deputy Prime Minister's Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a draft Bill and white paper on proposals to change the House of Lords into a more democratically elected second chamber. A cross-party Committee met seven times from June to December 2010 and considered all reform issues related to the House of Lords. Agreement was reached on a large number of issues but differences in opinion remain on the size of the elected element and the type of electoral system. The Government now wants to take the discussion forward to a debate on the detail. Proposals include an 80 percent elected House of Lords but a wholly elected House of Lords has not been ruled out. The Draft Bill sets out elections using the Single Transferable Vote system but it is recognised that a case can be made for other proportional systems too. Other proposals, name, size, functions, powers and term length are some of several issues discussed.
Download or read book The Standing Orders of the House of Lords Relating to Public Business 2005 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-05-23 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication contains the Standing Orders of the House of Lords which set out information on the procedure and working of the House, under a range of headings including: Lords and the manner of their introduction; excepted hereditary peers; the Speaker; general observances; debates; arrangement of business; bills; divisions; committees; parliamentary papers; public petitions; privilege; making or suspending of Standing Orders.
Download or read book Review of financial support for members of the House of Lords written by Great Britain: Review Body on Senior Salaries and published by Stationery Office. This book was released on 2009-11-26 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Review Body on Senior Salaries was asked to review the system of financial support for Members of the House of Lords as it is currently constituted, pending more fundamental review, having regard to clarity and transparency, public acceptability, value for money and the geographical diversity of the House, among other factors. Many Peers give up time and other earnings opportunities to work, unsalaried, in the House of Lords and they deserve a contribution to income as well as repayment of expenses necessarily incurred in carrying out their Parliamentary duties. The 26 recommendations include: a daily payment of up to £200, intended to cover daily expenses of attendance (other than travel), office and secretarial costs and a contribution to income; an overnight allowance of up to £140, for Members whose principal residence is beyond reasonable commuting distance (this allowance may be used for specified running costs of second homes); changes to the present system because it lacks proper controls, is ambiguous and open to abuse, leaving some Peers uncertain as to what they can properly claim. The recommended overall level of financial support is broadly unchanged but the proposed conditions are more precise and transparent, requiring receipts for allowable expenditure on overnight accommodation and travel. The system should be subject to independent audit including a sample of individual claims. The new arrangements will produce benefits to the tax payer as a result of better governance of the payments system and narrower eligibility criteria for claiming for second homes.
Download or read book Financial Support for Members of the House of Lords written by Great Britain. Parliament House of Lords. House Committee and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book HL 5 Code of Conduct for Members of the House of Lords Guide to the Code of Conduct Code of Conduct for Staff of Members of the House of Lords written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Financial Support for Members of the House written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. House Committee and published by Stationery Office/Tso. This book was released on 2010 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Financial support for members of the House : Declaration of principal residence and publication, 3rd report of Session 2009-10
Download or read book The UK s Changing Democracy written by Patrick Dunleavy and published by LSE Press. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The UK’s Changing Democracy presents a uniquely democratic perspective on all aspects of UK politics, at the centre in Westminster and Whitehall, and in all the devolved nations. The 2016 referendum vote to leave the EU marked a turning point in the UK’s political system. In the previous two decades, the country had undergone a series of democratic reforms, during which it seemed to evolve into a more typical European liberal democracy. The establishment of a Supreme Court, adoption of the Human Rights Act, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish devolution, proportional electoral systems, executive mayors and the growth in multi-party competition all marked profound changes to the British political tradition. Brexit may now bring some of these developments to a juddering halt. The UK’s previous ‘exceptionalism’ from European patterns looks certain to continue indefinitely. ‘Taking back control’ of regulations, trade, immigration and much more is the biggest change in UK governance for half a century. It has already produced enduring crises for the party system, Parliament and the core executive, with uniquely contested governance over critical issues, and a rapidly changing political landscape. Other recent trends are no less fast-moving, such as the revival of two-party dominance in England, the re-creation of some mass membership parties and the disruptive challenges of social media. In this context, an in-depth assessment of the quality of the UK’s democracy is essential. Each of the 2018 Democratic Audit’s 37 short chapters starts with clear criteria for what democracy requires in that part of the nation’s political life and outlines key recent developments before a SWOT analysis (of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) crystallises the current situation. A small number of core issues are then explored in more depth. Set against the global rise of debased semi-democracies, the book’s approach returns our focus firmly to the big issues around the quality and sustainability of the UK’s liberal democracy.
Download or read book SSRB Review of Financial Support for Members of the House of Lords written by Great Britain. Parliament House of Lords. House Committee and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book House of Commons Procedure and Practice written by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference book is primarily a procedural work which examines the many forms, customs, and practices which have been developed and established for the House of Commons since Confederation in 1867. It provides a distinctive Canadian perspective in describing procedure in the House up to the end of the first session of the 36th Parliament in Sept. 1999. The material is presented with full commentary on the historical circumstances which have shaped the current approach to parliamentary business. Key Speaker's rulings and statements are also documented and the considerable body of practice, interpretation, and precedents unique to the Canadian House of Commons is amply illustrated. Chapters of the book cover the following: parliamentary institutions; parliaments and ministries; privileges and immunities; the House and its Members; parliamentary procedure; the physical & administrative setting; the Speaker & other presiding officers; the parliamentary cycle; sittings of the House; the daily program; oral & written questions; the process of debate; rules of order & decorum; the curtailment of debate; special debates; the legislative process; delegated legislation; financial procedures; committees of the whole House; committees; private Members' business; public petitions; private bills practice; and the parliamentary record. Includes index.
Download or read book House of Lords written by Philip Rosenberg and published by Harper. This book was released on 2002 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The corruption of Jeffrey Blaine begins on the night of his daughter's eighteenth birthday party. That so many of the city's elite have gathered to pay tribute to this man's teenage daughter is testament to his stature as one of New York's most powerful financiers. Yet Blaine himself is bored, chafing, hungry for a fresh new challenge. While the party is in full swing, an underage woman gets drunk and then is raped by one of Blaine's guests. In the confusion that follows, Blaine agrees not to call the police. His complicity is witnessed by a notorious gossip columnist -- making him vulnerable to a scandal that could destroy him. Enter Chet Fiore, a young man of shadowy provenance who arrives at the party and immediately sets things in order. Where did he come from? Why is he there? Blaine doesn't know. But Fiore's grace under pressure commands Blaine's attention; and what he eventually learns about Fiore -- that he is a rising figure in organized crime -- both terrifies and energizes him. Fiore reappears early the next morning at Blaine's country house and assures him there won't be a scandal. The gossip columnist "has been taken care of." It won't be long before Blaine learns what Fiore wants in exchange for making the problem go away. Jeffrey Blaine's straight-arrow life will never be the same. In one sense, he is being blackmailed; in another, Chet Fiore is exactly what Jeffrey Blaine has been looking for. The tempestuous relationship between these two powerful men will take several unexpected detours in what turns out to be a deadly dance of money and corruption that pits organized crime against the glittering world of high society and Wall Street finance.
Download or read book Lords of Finance written by Liaquat Ahamed and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that the stock market crash of 1929 and subsequent Depression occurred as a result of poor decisions on the part of four central bankers who jointly attempted to reconstruct international finance by reinstating the gold standard.
