18. Letter to Mr Jim Fitzpatrick MP
from the Commissioner, 4 February 2010
I have now heard back from the Department of Resources
about their advice on this complaint about your use of House of
Commons pre-paid envelopes and House stationery to send invitations
to some of your constituents for a coffee morning meeting last
July.
I enclose a copy of my letters to the Department
of 17 November and 7 December and their response of 7 January.
As you will see, while the Department consider that your interpretation
of the rules is not in itself unreasonable, on balance they suggest
that a straightforward interpretation would indicate that your
usage was in fact in breach of the rules.
[...]
I would welcome your comments on the Department's
advice of 7 January.
It would be very helpful if you could let me have
a response to this letter within the next week, so that subject
to your comments, I might be able to bring this matter to an early
resolution.
Thank you again for your help with this matter.
4 February 2010
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