Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons am 3:30 pm ar 11 Mai 2009.
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Deplorable though it is that private information relating to hon. Members and our staff has been offered as a leak or possibly for sale to members of the press, we clearly cannot blame the media for the situation in which we find ourselves. I wonder whether, when the House of Commons Commission meets this evening, you would consider adding to what you are already doing a rather different approach. Because it is the public who elect us and pay for us, would you and the Commission consider establishing citizens juries, as they are called, perhaps one for each region, to consider the matter both of our salaries and of—
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M Tarragano
Posted on 12 Mai 2009 5:05 pm (Report this annotation)
Well said, Mrs Hewitt.
Hopefully selected at random to be truly representative, as per jury selection, not in any other interesting manner.
... and why not fill the House of Lords the same way ?