HL Deb 20 July 1994 vol 557 cc254-5
Viscount Ullswater

My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend I beg to move the fifth Motion standing in his name on the Order Paper.

Moved, That the following provision should be made with respect to any occasion on which, during a recess, this House is recalled before the expected end of the recess—

(1) Members who attend the House during the recall, except any Member who is permanently resident abroad, should be reimbursed in respect of such extra costs which are wholly and exclusively attributable to the recall as are necessarily incurred by them in connection with travelling—

  1. (a) from any place to London; and
  2. (b) during any further recess immediately following the recall, from London to any place (provided that the purpose is to fulfil, before the expected end of that further recess, plans which were in existence before the recall).

(2) For the purposes of this Resolution—

  1. (a) "recess" means not only a period when Parliament stands prorogued to a specified date but also any period when this House stands adjourned to a specified date, and the references to the expected end of a recess are references to that specified date; and
  2. (b) "extra costs", in the case of a Member, means costs in respect of which the Member cannot be reimbursed by virtue of any resolution other than this.— (Viscount Ullswater.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.