52. Letter to the former Head of the
Fees Office from the Commissioner, 2 September 2010
Thank you for your signed response of 29 August to
my office's letter of 20 August with Mr Mackay's evidence to me
about his telephone conversation with you in May 2009.
I have noted that you have accepted as accurate the
statement that you told Mr Mackay that you had been told by the
House authorities not to speak to Members, and that you could
not recall what advice you had given Mr Mackay (presumably in
1997), although you would have made a file note of the conversation.
I will, of course, reflect this conclusion to the evidence you
have given me, since, while you have stated that you know what
advice you would have given and that you would not have given
Mr Mackay the advice he recalls, it seems clear that you are not
able to recall the advice which in fact you gave him at the time.
As you know, your evidence will be included along
with all the other evidence I have received in the course of my
inquiries into this complaint, and you can expect it to be published.
In the meantime, I will copy your latest response to Mr Mackay.
Thank you again for your help. I hope I need not to trouble you
further on this matter.
2 September 2010
|