Report On Parliamentary Allowances On Right Track
Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 3:53 pm
Press Release: United Future NZ Party
Auditor-General's Report On Parliamentary Allowances On
Right Track
United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne, has
welcomed today's report by the Auditor-General on
Parliamentary Allowances, although he says it falls short of
offering a real solution.
"There is only one real answer
to how there is proper accountability in this area, and that
is through bulk-funding of MPs' entitlements, and I am
disappointed the Auditor-General has not gone down that
path," he says.
Mr Dunne says bulk-funding would be much
fairer for MPs and would be more transparent to the
public.
"It would make MPs more accountable, and would
provide for great public scrutiny."
"However, the major
parties oppose it for precisely those reasons."
"The last
thing they want is individual MPs having more power and
responsibility at the expense of the Caucus monolith, so
bulk-funding will not be implemented, and the seed sown by
the Auditor-General notwithstanding, the system of
Parliamentary Allowances will continue to remain murky," Mr
Dunne says.
Ends
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