48. Letter to the former Head of the
Fees Office from the Office of the Commissioner, 20 August 2010
The Commissioner has asked me to thank you again
for your letter of 8 August, which he has shown to Mr Mackay.
Mr Mackay has replied as follows in his e-mail of 13 August:
"When I rang [the
former Head of the Fees Office] in May 2009 he told me that
after giving informal evidence in another case he had been told
by the House Authorities not to speak to Members. He added he
could not recall what advice he gave me but afterwards would have
made a file note to assist his staff."
In his e-mail of 6 July he said:
"He told me that following evidence he had
provided in other cases involving Members and the Parliamentary
Commissioner he had been told by the House Authorities not to
speak to Members. He added that anyway as he dealt with so many
Members he could no longer recall the details of our case but
would have left instructions to be followed on file."
The Commissioner has asked me to say that he would
welcome any comments you may wish to make on these recollections
of Mr Mackay about what you said to him in May 2009. Thank you
once more for your help with this.
20 August 2010
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