40. LETTER
TO
MR
ROBERT
WATERHOUSE
FROM
THE
COMMISSIONER,
3 APRIL
2009
Thank you for your letter of 30 March with your complaint
against Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP in respect of her expenses claim.
In essence, your complaint is that Ms Jacqui Smith
claimed against the Additional Costs Allowance for films, the
cost of which was not permitted under the rules of the House.
I have accepted the complaint and I enclose a note which sets
out the procedure I follow.
I have not accepted your suggestion that I undertake
examination of all Ms Smith's claims, since my role in this respect
is confined to consideration of complaints based on evidence of
a breach provided by the complainant.
I am writing to Ms Smith to invite her response to
your complaint about the claims for the films. Once I have received
her reply, I shall consider how best to proceed.
3 April 2009
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