Introduction
Background
Outline of the current system of MPs’ allowances
Recent and ongoing developments concerning MPs’ allowances
Outline of the current system of salaries for MPs
Outline of the current mechanisms for regulating standards in the House of Commons including the registration of MPs’ financial interests
Summary
Salaries and allowances for MPs
MPs’ code of conduct relating to financial interests
Investigation and enforcement
The appointment of the IPSA
The appointment of the Commissioner
The Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Expiry of provisions of the Act
Territorial Extent
Commentary on Sections
Section 1: Bill of Rights
Section 2: House of Lords
Section 3: Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority etc
Schedule 1: Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Part 1: Members of the IPSA
Part 2: The IPSA
Schedule 2: Commissioner for Parliamentary Investigations
Schedule 3: Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Sections 4-7: Salaries and allowances for MPs
Section 8: MPs’ code of conduct relating to financial interests
Sections 9-10: Investigation and enforcement
Sections 11-15: Final provisions
Commencement Dates
Hansard References