11. Letter to Mr Ben Wallace MP from
the Commissioner, 17 November 2008
Thank you for your letter of 11 November with some
further information in support of your complaint against Mr Straw
about the donation he is reported to have received from a commercial
company in support of a dinner held in his constituency in April
2004.
I have noted the further information you have provided.
My inquiry, as you know, is into whether Mr Straw may have broken
the rules of the House in not registering the reported donation
in the Register of Members' Interests. Whether or not the further
information you have provided is relevant will, of course, depend
on Mr Straw's response to your complaint. I am copying your letter
to Mr Straw so that he is aware of the points you have made.
In order to help me with my inquiries, I would be
grateful if you could confirm that you have no further information
on this matter which you consider relevant to your complaint.
It would also appear that you have been aware of this matter since
2006. It would be helpful if you could confirm this and if you
could let me know why you did not make a complaint about it to
the Commissioner at that time. I raise this because this could
be a matter which I would need to refer to in any report I make
to the Committee on Standards and Privileges.
I would be grateful for your clarification on both
these matters and look forward to hearing from you. If you could
respond within the next week that would be particularly helpful.
17 November 2008
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