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Letter from Mr Norman Lawrence to the
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
"Cash for Questions" Enquiry
In relation to your enquiry into the "cash
for questions" allegations made by Mr Mohamed Fayed I feel
that certain information I have about Mr Fayed may be of relevance.
My understanding is that a great deal will depend
upon how much reliance can be placed upon Mr Fayed's veracity
and as his allegations are extremely serious for those he has
accused I am motivated to give you my views, based upon my own
knowledge of Mr Fayed.
By way of background I should tell you that
I am a financial adviser in the music industry, my principal
clients being members of the group Pink Floyd. My knowledge of
Mr Fayed and his colleagues and the way they behave arises from
my involvement on behalf of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason (and
23 others) in a commercial dispute with House of Fraser which
started in 1989.
Through this matter I came to know Graham Jones,
Teron Schaeffer and Christoph Bettermann, all former senior directors
of House of Fraser and/or Harrods, and I have learnt a great deal
about Mr Fayed both at first hand and through those gentlemen.
I think it would be useful background for you in assessing whether
Mr Fayed is someone whose word you can believe. He is exceedingly
vindictive and prone to making wild and completely unfounded
allegations about former executives and indeed others with whom
he has "fallen out" and against whom he has conducted
the most extraordinary and appalling vendettas.
I can be reached by phone in business hours
at * * * or after hours at home on * * * and I look forward to
hearing from you.
Norman Lawrence
7 February 1996
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