as a team we have been able to tackle some important issues affecting this parliament the most important issue facing us all though is how we set about building up the credibility of parliament and turning it into an institution that is relevant in the lives of our people unfortunately past scandals like travelgate have seriously damaged parliament’s credibility the id maintains that we now have to be beyond reproach in all our affairs in order to repair this damage the id therefore finds it disconcerting that we have now been forced to resort to legal action to ensure that travel claims of members are subjected to transparent scrutiny we also need to ask some serious questions about who has oversight over parliament the parliamentary oversight authority is not sufficiently transparent nor is it inclusive enough to provide proper oversight