Members Estimate Committee

The Members Estimate Committee considers matters relating to MPs’ pay and allowances on behalf of the House of Commons.  It has the same membership as the House of Commons Commission.

Latest news

• The MEC has published the report of the ACA Review conducted by Sir Thomas Legg and the decisions on appeals against Sir Thomas’s recommended repayments conducted by the Rt Hon Sir Paul Kennedy. Statement from Members Estimate Committee
  

  Review of past ACA payments, including report by Sir Thomas Legg

• The Members Estimate Committee statement issued on 2 December 2009 on Repayments following the Legg Review
  
  
• The Members Estimate Committee statement on 21 July 2009 on Legg Review and publication of information about MP's allowances.
  
  
• The Members Estimate Committee has announced the terms of reference for the review of second home allowance payments from 2004/05 to 2007/08. See press notice here.
  
  
• The Members Estimate Committee published a report on 15 January 2009 entitled Revised Green Book and audit of Member' allowances, to which the following are annexed:

a new version of the 'Green Book', which sets out the rules on Members' allowances;

proposals for a more comprehensive system of audit and assurance relating to Members' allowances.

See press notice here.

On 25 June 2008 the Committee published its Review of Allowances Report (Third Report of Session 2007-08 HC 578-I). View the web version of report, Submissions and Formal Minutes 2007-08.

Further information

Members Estimate Committee Q&A

Minutes by Session:

2009-10 | 2008-09 | 2007-08 | 2006-07 | 2005-06 | 2004-05
| 2003-04

Note: For minutes of meetings at which both MEC and House of Commons Commission business was conducted, see the Commission's website.