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Information Notes
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Source
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Easter 1996 |
Mr Mandelson discussed house purchase with his mother and she led him to believe she would provide finance for a house in addition to that he could raise on a mortgage
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Select Committee evidence 18.5.99
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23 May 1996
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Mr Mandelson and Mr Robinson discussed loan at dinner at annex of Grosvenor House Hotel
"Mr Robinson would say later, when both men had resigned from the Government, that Mandelson had 'asked' for a loan. The Mandelson version was slightly different: he had explained he wanted to 'get settled' soon; .... Mandelson then told him that he would inherit a substantial legacy ... 'Fine I could tide you over' .... Mandelson now accepted some more immediate help from Robinson. As someone who knew about property, he could help him find a place. Together, driven by Robinson's chauffeur, they set out house hunting in W2 and W11."
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GR letter to Chairman 17.5.99
Extract—Donald Macintyre
biography of PM
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Summer 1996 |
Mr Mandelson and Mr Robinson viewed 2 or 3 properties in Notting Hill
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Select Committee evidence 18.5.99
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Before 30 August 1996
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Mr Mandelson and Mr Robinson discussed the loan but agreement first reached between Mr Robinson and Mr Mandelson 14 or 15 October 1996
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PM letter to Chairman 4.5.99
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30 August 1996
30 August 1996
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Mr Mandelson signed mortgage application
3 questions incorrectly answered re Hartlepool mortgage
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Mortgage application form
EF conversation with PM 4.3.99
Mortgage application form
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"Mr Mandelson told us at interview on 1 March that he thought he had mentioned this (the Hartlepool mortgage) as there was no reason for him not to reveal it (as it was going to be paid off out of the sale proceeds of his Wilmington Square flat). The Branch Manager told us at interview that he would have recorded the Hartlepool mortgage if he had been told about it, as it would have been relevant to underwriters."
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Letter to EF from Herbert Smith 5.5.99
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"I was not aware I needed to refer to it."
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PM letter to Chairman 4.5.99
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30 August 1996 |
Mr Mandelson said balance of purchase price to be provided by his family
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PM interview for mortgage with Britannia Building Society branch manager
PM letter to Chairman 4.5.99
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30 August 1996 |
Mr Mandelson signed mortgage application form "I confirm this form has been completed by myself or at my dictation and that the information given is true to the best of my knowledge and belief and all material information as explained above has been disclosed. I understand that if any answer has been written by any other person that person shall for that purpose be regarded as acting for me."
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Mortgage application form
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September 1996 |
Mr Mandelson told his mother the price of the house he was buying and the balance he needed from her
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Select Committee evidence 18.5.99
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20 September 1996
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Contract made between Britannia Building Society and Mr Mandelson on basis of information on application form when offer of mortgage made
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Telephone call Herbert Smith to EF 12.5.99
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About 27 September 1996
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Mr Mandelson discussed temporary loan for deposit with Mr Robinson
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Select Committee evidence 18.5.99
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late September 1996
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Mr Robinson discussed loan with Wegg-Prosser and Farmer
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GR letter to Chairman 17.5.99
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2 October 1996 |
Mr Geoffrey Robinson's cheque for deposit given to Wegg-Prosser and Farmer
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GR letter to Chairman 17.5.99
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3 October 1996 |
Contracts exchanged |
Telephone call from Herbert Smith to EF 12.5.99
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14/15 October 1996
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The terms which had been agreed between Mr Mandelson and Mr Robinson discussed on the telephone between Mr Robinson and Mr Wegg-Prosser, Mr Mandelson's solicitor, and memorandum drawn up and faxed to Mr Robinson.
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Letter to EF from Mr W-P 25.3.99 and PM conversations with EF
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23 October 1996 |
Completion on house |
PM letter to EF 24.3.99
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28 February 1997 |
Clerkenwell flat (Wilmington Sq) sold
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PM letter to EF 24.3.99
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Spring 1997
30 June 1997
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Evening Standard asked questions of Mr Mandelson about the house purchase.
Evening Standard article
"The latest surefire way of arousing Mandelson is to ask about his new house in Notting Hill's Northumberland Place, which has cost as much as half a million pounds. This newspaper's inquiries into how he might have raised such a sum, and some conversations with his new neighbours, created the familiar storm. Eventually Mr Mandelson produced a perfectly reasonable explanation, though still protesting at the 'intrusion' into his private life. But is it really such an intrusion to ask an MP, then on £43,000 a year, how he could afford such a property?"
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Mr Charles Reiss, Political Editor Evening Standard, telephone conversation with EF, 12.5.99. Letter from Editor, Evening Standard, Mr Max Hastings, to EF, 17.5.99
Evening Standard
30.6.97
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27 July 1998 |
Mr Mandelson appointed Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
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December 1998 |
Press questions to Mr Mandelson about house purchase
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22 December 1998 |
Evening Standard article
"Peter Mandelson concealed the truth about how he paid for his Notting Hill house when directly asked about it by the Evening Standard in the spring of 1997."
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Evening Standard
22.12.98
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19 January 1999 |
Wegg-Prosser and Farmer inform Britannia Building Society of the loan on the Hartlepool property in response to inquiries from Britannia Building Society
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Herbert Smith letter to EF of 5.5.99
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8 April 1999 |
Mr Wegg-Prosser informs EF that Mr Mandelson and Mr Robinson had subsequently agreed that the interest payable on the loan would be compound
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Letter from Wegg-Prosser and Farmer to EF 8.4.99
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