a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/wales_politics/8133295.stm" target="_blank"One hundred and eight recommendations/a, an end to taxpayers paying mortgage interest for Assembly Members, a bar on claiming for furniture and fittings on second homes, the abolition of the overnight allowance, receipts to be provided for every claim, no employment of AMs' family members in future and a statutory independent body to determine pay and allowances in the future.br /br /These are just some of the recommendations of the a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/06_07_09_gettingitrightforwales_report.pdf" target="_blank"Sir Roger Jones report into Assembly Members pay and allowances/a. Others include better training for AMs and staff, cuts in the resettlement grant and more environmentally friendly mileage rates.br /br /It is likely that the Assembly Commission will accept all of the recommendations and draw up an implementation plan. The Presiding Officer will make a statement to the Assembly on Wednesday, not from the Chair like Speaker Martin, but from the floor of the Senedd so that AMs can ask questions.br /br /The Welsh Assembly has already set an example for Westminster to follow with the on-line publication of allowance claims now we are setting the pace for the rest of UK with a series of reforms designed to make the system more acceptable to the public, more understandable and transparent.br /br /It is not perfect but it is a start.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8266684-8424021779032936197?l=peterblack.blogspot.com'//div
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Wales sets the pace - first impressions
a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/wales_politics/8133295.stm" target="_blank"One hundred and eight recommendations/a, an end to taxpayers paying mortgage interest for Assembly Members, a bar on claiming for furniture and fittings on second homes, the abolition of the overnight allowance, receipts to be provided for every claim, no employment of AMs' family members in future and a statutory independent body to determine pay and allowances in the future.br /br /These are just some of the recommendations of the a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/06_07_09_gettingitrightforwales_report.pdf" target="_blank"Sir Roger Jones report into Assembly Members pay and allowances/a. Others include better training for AMs and staff, cuts in the resettlement grant and more environmentally friendly mileage rates.br /br /It is likely that the Assembly Commission will accept all of the recommendations and draw up an implementation plan. The Presiding Officer will make a statement to the Assembly on Wednesday, not from the Chair like Speaker Martin, but from the floor of the Senedd so that AMs can ask questions.br /br /The Welsh Assembly has already set an example for Westminster to follow with the on-line publication of allowance claims now we are setting the pace for the rest of UK with a series of reforms designed to make the system more acceptable to the public, more understandable and transparent.br /br /It is not perfect but it is a start.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8266684-8424021779032936197?l=peterblack.blogspot.com'//div
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