Summary
A COMMITTEE run by the Speaker of the Commons squandered more than 17,000 of taxpayers' money on barristers in an attempt to keep MPs' travel expenses secret.
The House of Commons Commission - chaired by Michael Martin - spent two years trying to keep MPs' car, train and plane claims, which ran into millions of pounds, from the public.See the full content of this document
Extract
Gorbals Mick and a 17,000 Bid to Hide Mps' Travel Expenses
But they were eventually forced to reveal details of their 5million-a-year travel costs under the Freedom of Information Act.
Now figures disc...See the full content of this document
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