{"longTitle":"A Bill to consolidate and amend provisions about the House of Commons Members' Fund.","summary":"<p>The Bill has been introduced to amend and consolidate provisions relating to the House of Commons Members&rsquo; Fund, which assists former Members and their dependants who are in financial difficulty.  </p><p><strong>Key areas</strong></p><ul><li>would allow more flexibility to the Trustees in managing the Fund, including through extending the class of beneficiary </li><li>would remove the requirement for an annual appropriation resolution </li><li>would remove the requirement that all current Members make a monthly contribution of &pound;2 </li><li>would allow the Fund to return surplus funds to the Treasury.</li></ul>","sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":68,"name":"Mr Peter Lilley","party":"Conservative","partyColour":"0063ba","house":"Commons","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/68/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/68/contact","memberFrom":"Hitchin and Harpenden"},"organisation":null,"sortOrder":1}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":1323,"shortTitle":"House of Commons Members' Fund Bill","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Commons","originatingHouse":"Commons","lastUpdate":"2014-05-15T14:15:34","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":8,"introducedSessionId":26,"includedSessionIds":[26],"isAct":false,"currentStage":{"id":14116,"stageId":7,"sessionId":26,"description":"2nd reading","abbreviation":"2R","house":"Commons","stageSittings":[],"sortOrder":2}}