11. Letter to Mr Peter Golds from
the Commissioner, 17 November 2009
Thank you for your letter of 12 November following
up your letter of 3 September against Mr Jim Fitzpatrick MP with
your complaint about his use of House of Commons pre-paid envelopes
to send certain communications to his constituents.
I have considered the further information you have
provided. It comprises a letter sent to an individual whose name
you have not disclosed, together with a copy of the pre-paid envelope
in which you suggest that letter was sent. You enclose also a
copy of an undated letter, again to someone whose name you have
not disclosed, following up the event. You have not enclosed a
copy of the envelope in which that letter was sent. You have also
sent me a copy of a letter of 12 November to a named person, but
the recipient cannot now identify the envelope, although he believes
it was in a pre-paid envelope.
On the basis of what you have provided, I do not
think it would be proportionate for me to conduct separate inquiries
into these three dispatches. I note, for example, that the pre-paid
envelope you sent me, which you believe was used to send the invitation
to the coffee morning planned for 19 July, is date-stamped 26
August. I will, however, pass your letter and the attachments
to Mr Fitzpatrick for any comments he may wish to make, and reflect
these further points as necessary in my inquiries into your original
complaint.
Thank you for writing to me.
17 November 2009
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