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MPs expenses to go online

3rd February 2011

Ipsa will today publish details of millions pounds worth of claims made by MPs since last autumn.

The report from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority will also include the details of expenses that were turned down.

Such details could cause embarrassment for some parliamentarians.

It is the second installment of expenses issued by the watchdog since it took over administration of the expenses system form the House of Commons authorities in May 2010.

From 10am the details of 25,000 claims from September and October will be available online.

For each claim, Ipsa will publish the MP's name, constituency, the budget the claim is made from, the type of expense (such as travel) and a description of the claim.

In the Commons, environment secretary Caroline Spelman takes questions from MPs on the work of her department.

Questions will include the mackerel quota, performance of the Rural Payments Agency, plans to sell-off England's national forests and diseases in the bee population.

Following this week's business statement, there will be two backbench debates: a motion relating to the Consumer Credit Regulation and a debate on the reform of legal aid.

Labour MP Anas Sarwar will lead an adjournment debate on the STV bid for independent television company status.

In Westminster Hall, Caroline Lucas will lead a debate on parliamentary reform.

Defence secretary Liam Fox gives evidence to a Lords select committee on UK-French defence.

Peers will begin the day's proceedings posing questions to the government on stability in Rwanda, recognising Palestine as a sovereign state, interest charged by loan and credit companies and EU emissions trading scheme.

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