“Peers are entitled to claim £300 a day for attending Parliament – even if they do not speak or vote in any debate. Between 2010 to 2015, 30 peers claimed more than £750,000 without ever speaking.”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3225160/Peers-NEVER-spoke-House-Lords-claimed-1-3-million-expenses-year.html