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MPs’ Expenses

Asked whether the Prime Minister thought that today was one of the blackest days for Parliament, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister had been expressing his general views on this subject and he was sure the Prime Minister would say more about it himself during the course of his visit today.

Asked if the Prime Minister had had any contact with Elliot Morley, the PMS replied that questions on Elliot Morley should not be addressed to him. Asked if the Prime Minister had spoken to the Chief Whip this morning, the PMS said that the Prime Minister spoke to all of his Cabinet Ministers on a regular basis, but these questions were best addressed to his political colleagues.

Put that as the Prime Minister was keen on the independent audit plan, did he feel that the Commons fees office was as much under scrutiny as MPs themselves were, the PMS said that there were a whole series of questions that this episode had clearly thrown up and at some point they would need to be looked at, but he did not want to get into any specific points on that at this moment.

Asked if the Prime Minister was satisfied with the progress made by the Committee for Members Allowances (CMA), the PMS said that clearly there were some further issues that would require further discussion. The Prime Minister s view was that it was important that there was cross party agreement and that was not always possible to achieve in one meeting. However, good progress was being made and the Prime Minister believed that this was the right way forward.

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