12 April 2012
The Commons committee reviewing MPs' pay and allowances said that it would complete its report before the House broke up for the summer.
The Members Estimate Committee said in a special report that as "a first step" it had agreed that the £250 threshold for MPs submitting expenses claims without a receipt would be cut from the start of the new financial year.
The new limit has yet to be agreed, but it is expected that there will be a significant cut.
The review was ordered by Commons Speaker Micheal Martin last month following the disclosure that disgraced Tory MP Derek Conway had been employing his son as a researcher at the taxpayers' expense while he was a full-time university student.
