| Short Title: | House of Commons Members' Fund Act 2016 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to consolidate and amend provisions about the House of Commons Members’ Fund; and to make provision about the House of Commons resources estimates. |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Citation: | 2019 c. 18 |
| Introduced Commons: | Sir Paul Beresford |
| Introduced Lords: | Lord Naseby |
| Royal Assent: | 12 May 2016 |
| Commencement: | 12 August 2016 |
| Status: | current |
| Original Text: | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/18/enacted |
| Legislation History: | https://services.parliament.uk/Bills/2015-16/houseofcommonsmembersfundno2.html |
| Revised Text: | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/18 |
The House of Commons Members' Fund Act 2016 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, introduced under the Ten Minute Rule by Sir Paul Beresford, to consolidate the provisions of the House of Commons Members' Fund.
The House of Commons Members' Fund (HCMF) was established in 1939, before a pension scheme was established in 1964, to help former Members and their dependants who had financial difficulty.[1]
The Act repealed the following Acts of Parliament:
The Act empowers trustees to cease requiring contributions from Members (which was previously £2 per member per month) and to return surplus funds to HM Treasury. It also extend the class of beneficiaries to assist all dependants of former Members who experience severe hardship. It would also allow one of the trustees to be a former MP.[2]