ANNEX D
Note from the Registrar of Members' Interests
to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
My recollection is that Dr Mowlam rang me in January
1995 to tell me that she needed to reinstate in the Register a
reference to the Marjorie Mowlam Research Fund, which had previously
appeared in her entry between March 1991 and May 1992. She asked
my advice about the appropriate wording, which would differ from
the earlier occasion as her researcher was no longer shared with
another Member nor partly funded by NALGO. Our very routine conversation
led to her letter of 12 January 1995, following which I adjusted
the wording slightly to bring it into line with her previous entry.
(I am satisfied that we did not discuss any individual donation.)
This tallies with Dr Mowlam's own account in her
letter to Sir Gordon Downey of 30 April 1996 in response to the
complaint from Mr Marshall. "The first time I set up the
Fund I discussed the matter with the Registrar. The second time,
I repeated the entry on the assumption that it was on the same
basis as before"; and with her letter to you on 27 August
1999, which refers to "discussions with the Registrar on
the correct form of words to use".
28 October 1999
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