This is a link to the minutes of the meeting of the Full Council held on 19 January 2009 when the revised limits for hotel and meal allowances were passed.
http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/downloa..._190109_2_.pdf
The Labour amendment- 'That the subsistence allowance payable for hotel accomodation and the rate of evening meal allowance be increased in line with inflation' -was defated.