Member

I was hoping to bring forward an important amendment that was discussed quite widely in the press yesterday. I do not know whether the right hon. Member for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge (Sir Gavin Williamson) knows this, but Members of the House of Lords do not pay a penny of tax—not one penny of tax—on the £346 they get just for turning up. They are among the wealthiest people in this nation, but not one penny of tax is paid on that money, so I tried to bring forward an amendment to put an end to that.