MPs' Expenses and Allowances Supporting Parliament, Safeguarding the Taxpayer : Report : Twelfth Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life - Cm.

This report makes proposals for the reform of the regime for meeting the costs which Members of Parliament incur as a result of performing the roles for which they are elected. The Committee welcomes the recent public availability of expenses claims, the proposed Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and the future external audit of expenses expenditure, and makes recommendations to improve their effectiveness. The report sets out principles to underpin the new scheme of expenses, elaborated from the seven principles of public life. The Committee makes sixty recommendations covering: accommodation; staffing; administrative and office expenditure; communications expenditure; travel; leaving office; outside interests; Northern Ireland; oversight, administration and enforcement; assurance and transparency; financial implications. The Committee believes its proposals are a package designed for full implementation before the next Par