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  MPs' expenses - No lower limit for declaration
  
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  The majority of MPs voted for the motion:[1]
  
  :In respect of any claim for payment made by an hon. Member after 1 July 2009 in relation to any allowance or expenditure for which documentary evidence is required, such evidence shall be required regardless of the sum concerned.
  
  The current limit above with a receipt must be submitted is Â£25.  As recently as June 2008 the proposal to reduce this limit down to zero was rejected by a vote.[2][3]
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2009-04-30a.1063.0#g1063.3 Chris Bryant MP], House of Commons, 30 April 2009
  * [2] [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2008-07-03&number=253
  MPs' allowances - External audits and no more furniture - rejected], House of Commons Division, 3 July 2008
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmmemest/578/57812.htm Conclusions and Recommendations], Members Estimate Committee - Third Report, House of Commons, 23 June 2008
  
  
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