Traduction de «Somme affectée aux frais généraux » (Français → Anglais) :

5. Observes that current rules for payment of the General Expenditure allowance, which state that money is to be paid to a personal account of the Member but which do not require any proof of expenditure, have led to the creation of a division between those Members who account for the expenditure in full and publish details thereof and those who do not adopt such transparent procedures and who, thereby, risk the accusation that a proportion of the allowance is being used to supplement their personal income; calls on the Secretary-General to propose arrangements to ensure that expenditure of the allowance is transparent in all cases and ...[+++]used for the purposes intended;

77. Notes that, on 27 January 2010, the Belgian State reimbursed to Parliament the sum of EUR 85 987 000 in the context of its defrayal of the cost of the land forming the site for the Willy Brandt and József Antall buildings and of the development costs for the roof over the Brussels-Luxembourg railway station; points out that this amount has been entered in the accounts as 'assigned revenue' in accordance with the Financial Regulation and has been used to finance property projects;

79. Notes that, on 27 January 2010, the Belgian State reimbursed to Parliament the sum of EUR 85 987 000 in the context of its defrayal of the cost of the land forming the site for the Willy Brandt and József Antall buildings and of the development costs for the roof over the Brussels-Luxembourg railway station; points out that this amount has been entered in the accounts as ‘assigned revenue’ in accordance with the Financial Regulation and has been used to finance property projects;

I think it would be a responsibility of the government to pay for the tribunal process itself, the salaries, the staffing, the overheads, out of the general revenues of the government, revenues that would logically be assigned to the department, but not out of funds set aside for the settlements themselves.

Hon. Andy Scott: Well, $4.2 million is part of the increase that would be identified in the overhead cost to the administration.

54. Considers that the general expenditure allowance must be accounted for, either by an annual accountant’s report or by the presentation of receipts for major items of expenditure by each Member, including an account of the way in which compensation was provided for the deduction of Members' contributions to the pension scheme, in so far as they are automatically transferred from this allowance;