Jan 14 - GSD MP Roy Clinton To Push For MP Salaries To Be Made Public

The GSD has noted the contents of the Government press release issued yesterday claiming that details of Members’, Ministers’ and Office Holders’ Allowances are already published in the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure.

GSD MP with shadow responsibility for public finance Roy Clinton who tabled the motion stated: “I brought this motion to be debated in Parliament because detailed information on what our MPs and Ministers are paid has historically simply not been made public.

"I checked this point with both the Clerk to the Parliament and Mr Speaker as well as consulting the Estimates book which only gives totals. The UK Parliament on their website, (under FAQs), discloses that the Prime Minister is paid £142,500, Cabinet Ministers £134,565 and MPs £74,000.

"It is this level of disclosure that I am asking Parliament to consider and I trust the Government will have no problem in supporting my motion on a cross-party basis in the interests of transparency and good government.” 

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