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  Communications Allowance - establishment
  
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  <p>The Majority voted to approve the report of the Members Estimate Committee[1], and to establish on 1 April a Communications Allowance,[2] for the purpose of assisting MPs with expenditure incurred in communicating with the public about Parliamentary business at the rate of Â£10,000 per year.  This followed a preliminary vote the previous year.[3]</p>
  
  <ul><li>[1] <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmmemest/319/31902.htm">Members Estimate - First Report</a> 13 March 2007, House of Commons</li>
  <li>[2] <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6502331.stm">MPs vote for Â£10,000 web funding</a> 28 March 2007, BBC.</li>
  <li>[3] <a href="http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2006-11-01&number=335">Division 335</a>, 1 November 2007, House of Commons.</li>
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