§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee (1) what is the limit on the number of passes hon. Members can have for their staff; when this was agreed; and if the Administration Committee will now review the number;
(2) what appeal an hon. Member has if an additional staff pass is refused by the Serjeant at Arms.
§ Mr. Michael J. MartinOn 30 January 1989 the House agreed to recommendations contained in the Second Report from the House of Commons Services Committee of Session 1987–88 that, in general, no Member should be entitled to apply for a photo-identity pass for more than three individual members of their personal staff; and that those limits should not be transferable. Any appeal against those rules should be submitted to the Administration Committee. The Committee has no immediate plans to review these arrangements.