Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Debate between Lord Jackson of Peterborough and Nigel Evans

Tuesday 4th December 2012 Commons Chamber

[Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con)]

On the subject of pay and conditions, and the transparency and probity that IPSA is responsible for upholding in this place, does my hon. Friend deprecate, as I do, the fact that despite a very strong lead from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and the Government, IPSA set its face against that policy in paying its interim chief executive, through a tax-avoiding personal service company, the sum of £39,000?

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans)]

Order. I said that this is a very narrow motion, and that is certainly way outside its scope.

[Mr Jackson]

On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. The comments that I made relate specifically to the duties and responsibilities of board members, which are to protect the probity, honesty and transparency of this place, and I would respectfully submit that that is in order.

Finance Bill

Debate between Lord Jackson of Peterborough and Nigel Evans

Tuesday 28th June 2011 Commons Chamber

[Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con)]

I can scarcely believe that the hon. Gentleman is making that case, given that the previous Labour Government paid consultants and general practitioners respectively 27% and 44% more for doing less work, hid billions of pounds off balance sheets with dodgy private finance initiative schemes, which have reduced taxpayers to penury, and foisted independent sector training on primary care trusts, meaning that they could not plan for patient numbers or the money needed to run those centres.

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans)]

Order. Interventions must be brief; otherwise we might find ourselves sitting until the early hours of the morning.