Appendix 3: Exchange of correspondence
between Mr Jonathan Sayeed and the Clerk relating to The English
Manner statement of 3 February 2005
Letter to Mr Jonathan Sayeed from the Clerk of
the Committee
The Committee on Standards and Privileges has been
sent a copy of the statement which The English Manner Limited
circulated to the members of the Mid-Bedfordshire Conservative
Association on 3 February 2005 following publication of the Committee's
Third Report, and has noted its contents.
The Committee has asked me to establish what, if
any, part you played in the preparation of this statement; and
whether you were consulted about its terms, or were made aware
of them, before it was issued by the company. If, in addition,
there are any points that you would wish to make to the Committee
about the substance of the statement, or the circumstances in
which it was issued, it would be happy to receive them.
It would be helpful if you could let me have a response
by Friday 11 March.
8 March 2005
Reply to the Clerk of the Committee from Mr Jonathan
Sayeed
Thank you for your letter of 8 March 2005.
I can assure the Committee that I played no part
in the preparation of the statement from The English Manner Ltd,
I was not consulted about its terms and nor was I aware of them
before the statement was issued by the company.
I understand that the statement was issued by Mrs
Messervy after consultation with her solicitor, it was prepared
in her home in Bedfordshire and distributed from there using private
stationery and stamps.
9 March 2005
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