Greater London Authority Bill

Perhaps I, too, should declare an interest, on the off-chance that the Mayor and the Assembly should make this payment retrospective to cover former Members who lost their position. First, I believe that the proposal is consistent with what applies for a number of other public bodies, certainly in local government, where payments are determined by the local authority on the basis, usually, of independent advice. That seems to be the basis on which this should be done. My second point goes back to my personal experience. When people hold an office on the basis that it is full time and remunerated as such, the loss of office, particularly when it is unexpected and unplanned for, will have a dramatic effect on them. In most other areas of life, there are arrangements for that to be managed, and I would have thought that that was behind the Senior Salary Review Body's recommendations. Clause 1 agreed to. Clause 2 [Consultation]: