Appointments to the Board of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority are made by His Majesty following an humble Address, from the House of Commons.

Appointments to the Board of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority are made by His Majesty following an humble Address, from the House of Commons.

This briefing sets out the current (2024/25) rates of MPs' pay and expenses. It provides background to recent changes. It also notes changes in the rules relating to and budget limits for Members' expenses since 2010.

This briefing sets out the current (2024/25) rates of MPs' pay and expenses. It provides background to recent changes. It also notes changes in the rules relating to and budget limits for Members' expenses since 2010.

The MPs’ Pension Scheme is administered by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), which is also responsible for administering MPs’ pay and business costs. It is a defined benefit scheme.

The MPs’ Pension Scheme is administered by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), which is also responsible for administering MPs’ pay and business costs. It is a defined benefit scheme.

This House of Commons Library Briefing Paper sets out the 2019/20 rates of Members' pay and ministerial salaries. It provides background to recent changes. It also notes changes in the rules relating to and budget limits for Members' expenses since 2010.

This House of Commons Library Briefing Paper sets out the 2019/20 rates of Members' pay and ministerial salaries. It provides background to recent changes. It also notes changes in the rules relating to and budget limits for Members' expenses since 2010.

Debate on a motion that (1) For the period beginning with 1 April 2011 and ending with the relevant day, the rates of - (a) Members' salaries, and (b) additional salaries payable to Members under Resolutions of this House in respect of service as chairs of select or general committees, shall be the same as those salaries as at 31 March 2011. (2) In paragraph (1) the ““relevant day”” means— (a) the day before the day on which the first determination of Members' salaries by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority comes into effect, or (b) 31 March 2013, Agreed on question and resolved.

Debate on a motion that (1) For the period beginning with 1 April 2011 and ending with the relevant day, the rates of - (a) Members' salaries, and (b) additional salaries payable to Members under Resolutions of this House in respect of service as chairs of select or general committees,...

There certainly will not be—[Interruption.] My hon. Friend the Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone) can scoff, but there will not be. It will be a genuinely independent process. The hon. Member for Bassetlaw (John Mann) asked why we had not tabled an amendment. There is no need for an amendment...

There certainly will not be—[Interruption.] My hon. Friend the Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone) can scoff, but there will not be. It will be a genuinely independent process. The hon. Member for Bassetlaw (John Mann) asked why we had not tabled an amendment. There is no need for an amendment...

In that case I am extremely pleased, as it means that we will quickly move to a conclusion of this difficult matter. The commitment to independent review is retained. The anomalous position this year is recognised. We do to ourselves what others have had done to them. It is not...

In that case I am extremely pleased, as it means that we will quickly move to a conclusion of this difficult matter. The commitment to independent review is retained. The anomalous position this year is recognised. We do to ourselves what others have had done to them. It is not...

There are two answers to that. First, I am not a member of the SSRB, so I did not know what recommendation it was going to make. If we tried to adjust the so-called independent formula, would we not be having precisely the same debate about the Executive interfering with...

There are two answers to that. First, I am not a member of the SSRB, so I did not know what recommendation it was going to make. If we tried to adjust the so-called independent formula, would we not be having precisely the same debate about the Executive interfering with...

I am staggered that I should have to make this comment—no one in the House is suggesting that we should take that 1%.

I am staggered that I should have to make this comment—no one in the House is suggesting that we should take that 1%.

The hon. Gentleman is entitled to his opinion, but I think that the House has been given the opportunity to decide whether it wants that 1% pay increase, and it must make that decision.

The hon. Gentleman is entitled to his opinion, but I think that the House has been given the opportunity to decide whether it wants that 1% pay increase, and it must make that decision.

I am sure that the hon. Gentleman is approaching a response to the point that I made. Has it not come to everyone's notice recently that there might be a problem with public sector expenditure—it has been parroted in every speech in the House since the election? Why did the...

I am sure that the hon. Gentleman is approaching a response to the point that I made. Has it not come to everyone's notice recently that there might be a problem with public sector expenditure—it has been parroted in every speech in the House since the election? Why did the...

We shall do so when IPSA and the House are ready, and it will be done shortly. We have already received that reply, and I repeat it again. Incidentally, may I tell the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn) that he will soon receive a reply on pensions,...

We shall do so when IPSA and the House are ready, and it will be done shortly. We have already received that reply, and I repeat it again. Incidentally, may I tell the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn) that he will soon receive a reply on pensions,...

I was simply trying to inform the House of events that took place two years ago, and was in no way trying to impugn the integrity of my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House. I was just pointing out that in his former guise he had made the...

I was simply trying to inform the House of events that took place two years ago, and was in no way trying to impugn the integrity of my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House. I was just pointing out that in his former guise he had made the...

I did not hear the hon. Gentleman say what he said that he had said about my right hon. Friend—I heard something quite different, but we shall have to look at the Official Report to be sure. Once IPSA has control of Members' salaries, it will be entirely independent and...

I did not hear the hon. Gentleman say what he said that he had said about my right hon. Friend—I heard something quite different, but we shall have to look at the Official Report to be sure. Once IPSA has control of Members' salaries, it will be entirely independent and...

I do not think that a single Member of Parliament wants this wretched 1% pay rise. What we wanted was the chance as Members of Parliament to do the right thing and table our own motion to decline it. What we are getting, I am afraid, in a robust speech...

I do not think that a single Member of Parliament wants this wretched 1% pay rise. What we wanted was the chance as Members of Parliament to do the right thing and table our own motion to decline it. What we are getting, I am afraid, in a robust speech...