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Appendix 1:
Letter to the Commissioner from Mr Michael Barnbrook
Re: Clive Betts MP for Sheffield Attercliffe
With reference to my 'E' mail to you on 5 March,
2003 and your response on 6 March, 2003 relating to my complaint
against Clive Betts, Member of Parliament for Sheffield Attercliffe.[2]
As requested I am making a written, signed letter
of complaint against Mr Betts based on an article in the Daily
Mail on 5 March, 2003.
According to the article Mr Betts has volunteered
to be investigated by you regarding his apparently misleading
voters over details of his relationship with a Mr Jose Gasparo
and the subsequent security concerns about his application for
a Commons Pass for Mr Gasparo.
You, however, are unable to concede to Mr Betts offer
unless you receive a complaint from a third party. It is for this
reason I wish to register a complaint.
As I do not personally have evidence regarding my
complaint I am requesting that you investigate the matter under
the same conditions as my recent complaint against Mr Michael
Trend MP.
Paragraph 15, subsection (b) and (c) of your Memorandum
submitted to the Committee on Standards and Privileges in the
Third Report of Session 2002-03 covers this point.
As stated in Paragraph 15, although you would not
normally regard a complaint founded upon no more than a newspaper
story as a substantiated allegation it would
b) be difficult in the circumstances of this case
for a member of the public to provide evidence additional to that
published by the Daily Mail and
c) the allegations are serious. It is in the interests
of all concerned—including the House and the public—that
they are
seen to be properly investigated.
This will give you the remit to carry out an investigation.
I look forward to hearing from you.
9 March 2003
2 Not appended to the Commissioner's memorandum. Back
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