article_snippet: – some of which was run up on a special Parliamentary credit card .
article_snippet: Parliament’s expenses watchdog has been forced to dock an MP's wages until the election in a bid to recoup £13,000 in debts
article_snippet: £ owes the taxpayer, MailOnline can reveal.
article_snippet: Commons expenses chiefs made the unprecedented decision to recoup the cash by deducting around £1,000 a month from Eric Joyce wages after Eric Joyce objected to handing back the cash.
article_snippet: The expenses body has never deducted cash directly from an MP’s salary before – and Eric Joyce is understood to be furious about the move.
article_snippet: A spokesman for the expenses watchdog said: ‘It is unusual for We to be in this situation, but We are clear that the MP has a duty to repay the sums due and it is We job to make sure that the taxpayer doesn’t lose out.
article_snippet: We are taking payments direct from the MP’s salary to recover the money due.
article_snippet: If the MP leaves Parliament at the election and there are still amounts owing, We will continue to seek repayment.
article_snippet: the MP said the MP had made a complaint to his expenses watchdog’s compliance officer who was investigating whether it was a ‘fair demand’.
highlights_snippet: Some of the debt was run up on a special Commons credit card for MPs .
  
highlights_snippet: But the MP only has two pay packets left before leaving Parliament .
  