Mr Andrew Mackay and Ms Julie Kirkbride - Standards and Privileges Committee Contents


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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