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Financial Provision for Members

Lord Wakeham Excerpts
Monday 28th June 2010

(14 years, 4 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Dholakia Portrait Lord Dholakia
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My Lords—

Lord Wakeham Portrait Lord Wakeham
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Perhaps it might assist the House if I said a word as chairman of the ad hoc committee. In carrying out our work, we stuck firmly to our remit, which was to stay within the principles and architecture of the SSRB report. However, is my noble friend aware that we found it a complex task to come up with a final solution, which is why we floated the idea of an alternative that would be simpler and cheaper to administer and easier to explain to the outside world? Therefore, I very much support my noble friend’s Statement. As a member of the House Committee, I shall certainly support his proposal.

Lord Strathclyde Portrait Lord Strathclyde
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I have already said how grateful the House should be to my noble friend. He has come up with an immensely useful and helpful report. It is now in the Printed Paper Office and I hope that noble Lords will take the trouble to read it.