House of Lords: Allowance — House of Lords, 2020-07-22
Topic: Government Operations
Natalie Evans (Conservative, Centre-right): That 1. The Resolution of the House of 6 May 2020 (House of Lords Allowance) shall have effect, and shall be deemed to have had effect from 8 June 2020, as follows– a) For paragraph 5, substitute– "5. In respect of attendance at a physical sitting or virtual proceeding of this House Members should only be entitled to an allowance if– a) they speak during the sitting or proceeding, or b) they are otherwise necessary to the sitting or proceeding, or c) they are on the Speaker’s List for the item of business and present when that business is taken (but that entitlement only arises to claim once in respect of that item)."; and b) At the end, insert– "7. Notwithstanding the previous Resolutions of the House, travel and related expenses can only be claimed by Members attending physically to whom paragraph 5 applies." 2. The Resolution of the House of 6 May 2020 (House of Lords Allowance) (as amended) shall cease to have effect on 1 September 2020, and the Resolution of the House of 20 July 2010 (House of Lords Allowance) shall temporarily cease to have effect in respect of attendances after 1 September 2020 3. Members of this House, except any Member who receives a salary under the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 and the Chairman and Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees, should be entitled to an allowance in respect of each day of attendance on or after 2 September 2020 as provided for below 4. "Attendance" means virtual or physical attendance– a) at a sitting or virtual proceeding of this House, b) at a meeting or virtual meeting of a Committee of this House, or c) on such other Parliamentary business as may be determined by the House of Lords Commission 5. In respect of virtual attendance at a sitting or proceeding of this House Members should only be entitled to an allowance if– a) they speak during the sitting or proceeding, or b) they are otherwise necessary to the sitting or proceeding, or c) they are on the Speaker’s List for the item of business and present when that business is taken (and in that case, the entitlement is only to claim once in respect of that item). 6. In respect of attendance under paragraph (4)(b), only Members of that Committee, or Members authorised to attend a meeting of such a Committee by the Chair, should be entitled to claim an allowance 7. The amount of the allowance payable to a Member should be– a) £323, or b) £162, if paragraph 5 applies or if the only attendance of the Member is to vote using the remote voting system pursuant to the Resolution of this House of 4 June 2020 8. Members of this House specified in paragraph 3 may be entitled to a supplementary daily allowance for Parliamentary work as– a) a designated spokesperson for the Official Opposition or the Liberal Democrat Party, or b) the chair of such committee of the House, or such other body, as may be determined from time to time by the House of Lords Commission 9. The maximum entitlements applicable for the purposes of paragraph 8 are– a) 10 additional days per month (if paragraph 8(a) applies), and b) 5 additional days per month (if paragraph 8(b) applies), provided that for any month the total number of days claimed for does not exceed the total number of sitting days of the House in that month 10. The provisions of this Resolution shall be applied in accordance with guidance issued under the authority of the House of Lords Commission.