13. Letter to the Commissioner from Mr
Anthony Steen
Thank you for sending me a copy of your final memo,
which I think is masterly and sets out the facts as they are.
My only reservations are about page 5 [paragraph
10]. You say that the old system of split-funding was brought
to an end. I think that is a questionable statement, because as
far as I am concerned, I did not even know that the previous system
existed and had been brought to an end. I doubt that colleagues
were aware of this either.
Furthermore, there was never any indication that
Members had to submit their copy to the Fees Office prior to publication.
but you infer the opposite in paragraph 12. You then go on to
say that had I done so, the Department "would have regarded
the two sentences on page 1 objected to by Mr Clayton as breaching
their guidance on material qualifying for reimbursement from public
funds." I am not sure that this presumption can be made.
24 November 2004
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