Annex I2
Letter to the Parliamentary Commissioner
for Standards from Mr Keith Vaz MP
1. Thank you for your letter of 19th June 2001
to me and to Keith Bennett. May I also thank you for your good
wishes for my speedy recovery. Although I am not fully recovered
I thought it was right that I should respond to the points that
have been raised so that as you put it "this inquiry may
be drawn to a close".
2. To enable me to give you full and accurate
answers to the points raised so far I would be most grateful if
you could kindly send me the following:
a. The full statement signed by Mrs Eggington
b. The full set of research papers sent to you
by the BBC and the Telegraph
3. I am sure that you will agree that it is important
that I deal with all the points raised and I can only do so if
I have all the information.
4. In view of the comments of the Committee I
shall continue to correspond with you but I shall be relying on
legal advice given to me by Geoffrey Bindman who of course you
know. I should tell you that there is litigation pending in respect
of some of the matters already raised in the press.
5. Could I also trouble you for two further pieces
of information. I wish to write to Sir Gordon Downey about one
matter, I would be grateful if you could let me have his address.
The second point relates to the letter I sent you following Mr
Lansley's complaint, I would be most grateful if you could send
me a copy of this.
6. Thank you again for your kind wishes.
1 July 2001
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