Yesterday David Heath said that both he and Nick Clegg opposed plans to exempt MPs from having to publish full details of their expenses. Now fellow Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson has said she will be putting down a Parliamentary motion supporting this opposition:
Share:Jo Swinson, will on Monday table a parliamentary motion against the Government’s decision to exempt MPs from publishing full details of their expenses.
The motion criticises the “regressive effect” of the move on Parliamentary transparency.
Commenting, Jo Swinson said: “Ministers should not be cooking up plans to keep MPs’ expenses hidden from public view. With this new legislation in force, it will be one rule for MPs and another for everyone else.
This move just gives the impression that MPs have something to hide. Ministers must prevent it coming into force, to prevent further damage being done to the already tarnished image of Parliament as far as expenses are concerned.”
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Unlock Democracy is on the case and is urging people to write to their MPs to ask them to sign Jo’s EDM: http://www.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/?p=1770
There is also a facebook groups set up by tom Steinberg of Mysociety on this as well
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=50061011231#/group.php?gid=50061011231
Well done Nick Clegg.
I will be writing to my MP
I’ll be doing the same – watch out Gordon Brown!