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Salaries, allowances, expenses, and services for members and others - Purposes and interpretation

59: Purposes of this Part and Schedule 3

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"This part of the bill helps MPs do their jobs and keeps people's trust in Parliament."

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This part of the proposed Parliament Bill is about supporting members to do their jobs. You will see it talks about Schedule 3 which is part of the bill. It aims to keep people's trust in Parliament. This part of the bill and Schedule 3 will do this by paying members' salaries and allowances. You will also see it sets up a system to decide what services members need to do their work. It decides how to pay for the expenses members have when doing their work. This part of the bill and Schedule 3 also have other purposes. You will see it decides travel expenses for family members of members. It also decides on an annuity for a person who has been Prime Minister for at least 2 years.

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Part 4Salaries, allowances, expenses, and services for members and others
Purposes and interpretation

59Purposes of this Part and Schedule 3

  1. The primary purpose of this Part and Schedule 3 is to ensure that members are properly supported to perform their roles and functions in a way that maintains confidence in the integrity of Parliament.

  2. This Part and Schedule 3 achieve that purpose by—

  3. providing for the salaries and allowances of members:
    1. providing an efficient and effective system for determining the following matters:
      1. what services must be provided to members and eligible candidates to enable them to carry out their work:
        1. how the expenses that members and eligible candidates incur in carrying out their work are met from public money.

        2. This Part and Schedule 3 have the additional purposes of—

        3. determining travel expenses to be paid for the benefit of family members of members and eligible candidates; and
          1. determining an annuity to be paid to a person who has held the office of Prime Minister for a total of at least 2 years; and
            1. determining travel expenses that may be paid to a person who has held the office of Prime Minister and that person’s spouse or partner; and
              1. providing for a rebate of costs for travel to be paid to former members in office before the 1999 general election and, if applicable, their spouses or partners.