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Originally Posted by TheNorm
Well, don't forget that MPs effectively have two jobs - they have to be available to their constituents, and have to appear in Westminster. Ministers will have even more work to do.
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Surely that would be claimed under travel expenses.
For example when a sales rep turns up to a meeting with a client in one part of the country he does not get an attendance allowance for turning up. He's expected to turn up and has been paid to do so.
If he then has a client in another part of the country similarly he does not receive an attendance allowance just for turning up but claims travel expenses.
We seem to have a system whereby MPs get paid an attendance alllowance and claim expenses as well. Even worse we do not appear to have a rigorous method of auditing MP's claims to see if they are valid.