There are the Nick Clegg proposals, which I assume you have seen. I'm working on a substantial piece (looking like 2000-2500 words) comparing Westminster with the Scandinavian Model, which I'm after getting into a News Mag. I'll try and post a short summary over the weekend.
See e.g., the Norway Setup: http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/04/06/what-would-a-bicycling-parliament-look-like-in-the-uk-mp-expenses/ I also did an outline look at the zero-extra-cost of "Paliament owning flats", and a couple of other questions on Paul Flynn MP's blog (who has written half a dozen pieces in connection with his Channel 4 Report, with some interesting debate) http://paulflynnmp.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/04/optimism-my-drug.html?cid=6a00d8346d963f69e201156feb0f22970b#comment-6a00d8346d963f69e201156feb0f22970b (And I still have to do that response to your piece, Adrian). Lots of interest and competition. My Google ranking for "MP Expenses" is down from about 11 to about 28 in just over a week. If MySoc could weigh in on either the principles to apply or a proposal it may be strategic. Why do all the governance questions (e.g., Photogs, Policing etc) all happen at once? <:-) Matt On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Adrian Short <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/4/11 Tom Steinberg <[email protected]>: >> Does anyone know who is putting forward any serious proposals for >> reforming MPs expenses? I keep getting phoned up about it, and all I >> can say is "What counts most is that whatever the rules are, they're >> transparent." Which is true, but a touch weak. > > My suggestion is the same or even less regulation but almost total > transparency. With a regularly updated public database/API of itemised > expenses claims people would be question individual items that seemed > excessive and easily perform comparisons between different MPs' claims > for similar items as well as overall spending comparisons. > > Perhaps naive, but there you go. > > http://adrianshort.co.uk/2009/04/01/362/ > > -- > Adrian Short > http://www.mashthestate.org.uk/ > http://adrianshort.co.uk/ > http://twitter.com/adrianshort > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
