UNDER-OCCUPANCY PENALTY AND HON. MEMBERS' ALLOWANCES

Motion Text

That this House notes that under the bedroom tax more than 600,000 social tenants with spare rooms must either move or pay an average of £14 a week penalty; further notes that hon. Members with a spare room in their London homes can claim an additional allowance if a child or children routinely reside with them; further notes that the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has ruled that they will still be eligible for the additional allowance if the child visits just once a month; condemns the 29 hon. Members who, while backing the bedroom tax, have claimed an additional £64,000 and a further 20 who claimed £37,000; and urges the Government to end this unfair allowance which can only reflect badly with members of the public.