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Members of Parliament were unpaid until 1911, as it was assumed they had independent means. [2] This effectively restricted membership of Parliament to persons who were well-off. The Chartist movement proposed salaries for MPs in 1838, and the issue was debated five times in Parliament between 1870 and 1895. [1]
The Offices of State grew in England, and later the United Kingdom centred around the street Whitehall, hence the metonym. [9] Initially, they were little more than secretariats for their leaders, who held positions at court. They were chosen by the king on the advice of a patron, and typically replaced when their patron lost influence.
Members of the House of Lords were not permitted to hold Commons seats until the passing of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, which allows retired or resigned members of the House of Lords to stand or re-stand as MPs. Members of legislatures outside of the Commonwealth are excluded, [7] with the exemption of the Irish legislature. [8]
The civil service of Ireland includes the employees of the Departments of State (excluded are government ministers and a small number of paid political advisors) as well as a small number of core state agencies such as the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, the Office of Public Works, and the Public Appointments Service. The organisation of ...
Since 2015, "parliamentary secretaries" have been known as "assistant ministers" instead. However, the Ministers of State Act 1952 still refers to "parliamentary secretaries", as a category of "ministers of state". The prime minister is permitted to appoint a member from either house of Parliament to be a parliamentary secretary to a minister ...
The South Carolina Freedom of Information Act allows compensation for employees with earnings equaling $50,000 or more annually to be released. Here are the highest-paid employees according to ...
South Carolina state employees can expect a pay raise of $2,500 or 5%, whichever is higher, state budget writers have decided. ... The agreement means state employees earning less than $50,000 a ...
There are numerous qualifications that apply to Members of Parliament. One must be aged at least 18 (the minimum age was 21 until s.17 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 came into force), and must be a citizen of the United Kingdom, of a British overseas territory, of the Republic of Ireland, or of a member state of the Commonwealth of ...