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<p>IPSA’s role is to regulate MPs’ business costs and expenses and to provide assurance
that public funds are properly and effectively scrutinised. As a normal part of our
operations, IPSA may, on occasion, limit the use of MPs’ payment cards for a short
period. This may not necessarily entail a suspension of the card.</p><p>By analysing
MPs’ spending against their annual budgets, IPSA uses this routine action as one of
various preventative financial controls to limit each MP’s exposure to financial liability
and to assist in ensuring their compliance with the MPs’ Scheme of Business Costs
and Expenses. Their card use may also be limited in the event of a delay to the monthly
reconciliation process.</p><p>In addition, IPSA sometimes makes amendments to an MP’s
payment card account, including by limiting the card’s use, at the request of the
cardholder, such as when a card is lost or the MP leaves Parliament</p>
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