Speaker Of The House Of Representatives The Hon Dr
Lockwood Smith
4 June 2009
A regime for public
disclosure of expenses incurred by members of Parliament
will be developed as quickly as possible, the Speaker of the
House, the Hon Dr Lockwood Smith, said today.
This follows
a cross-party meeting held late this afternoon to discuss
the extent to which expenses incurred by MPs should be
publicly disclosed. The meeting was convened by the
Speaker.
“The committee was conscious of the public
interest in this issue and agreed to develop a disclosure
regime to release information about the expenses of members
of Parliament paid through the Parliamentary Service,” Dr
Smith said.
“Members of the cross-party committee will
take the ideas discussed at today’s meeting back to their
respective
parties.”
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