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<p>Arrangements for paying salaries and expenses to MPs and their staff are for IPSA
to determine, as set out in the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009. Section 4(6) of
the Act states that IPSA is only able to pay the salaries of MPs who have taken the
Oath and thereby take their seats in parliament. MPs who do not take the Oath, and
the staff employed by them, are nonetheless eligible to claim for business costs in
pursuit of their constituency work in line with the Scheme of MPs’ Business Costs
and Expenses.</p>
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