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Allowances Paid To Members Who Do Not Take Their Seats

EDM number 111 in 2015-16, proposed by Nigel Dodds on 10/06/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Members of Parliament and Political parties.

That this House believes that it is time to end the special allowances system for abstentionist Sinn Fein hon. Members; notes that the 1978 Oaths Act is clear on who can claim expenses and salaries and that the 2001 motion of this House (permitting Sinn Fein hon. Members to claim) can be reversed in a single vote; acknowledges that the Prime Minister was right to say in 2009 that if you don't come to the Westminster Parliament then you cannot claim expenses; further notes that the Conservative Leader was also right when he said before the 2010 election that it was 'inconceivable' that a Conservative majority government would vote for taxpayer's money to go on funding absentee hon. Members; welcomes the opportunity to do that; and calls for an end to this example of two classes of hon. Members.

This motion has been signed by a total of 11 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Nigel Dodds10/06/2015Belfast NorthDUPProposed
Jim Shannon10/06/2015StrangfordDUPSeconded
Sammy Wilson10/06/2015East AntrimDUPSeconded
Gregory Campbell10/06/2015East LondonderryDUPSeconded
Ian Paisley Jnr10/06/2015North AntrimDUPSeconded
Jeffrey M Donaldson10/06/2015Lagan ValleyDUPSeconded
David Simpson10/06/2015Upper BannDUPSigned
Gavin Robinson10/06/2015Belfast EastDUPSigned
Danny Kinahan17/06/2015South AntrimUUPSigned
Tom Elliott17/06/2015Fermanagh and South TyroneUUPSigned
Mary Glindon18/06/2015North TynesideLabourSigned

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