53. Letter to the Director of Strategic
Projects from the Commissioner, 2 September 2010
Thank you for your letter of 24 August responding
to my letter of 12 August and to the letter from my office of
20 August.
I was most grateful for this response. Before copying
it to Mr Mackay I would be grateful for clarification on one point.
I note that from 1997 to 2003 Members were required only to identify
their main home on a nomination form completed when they were
first elected (although I believe they may have been required
also to identify whether their additional expenses were incurred
in London or their constituency). But is it the case that Members
did not identify the location and address of their main home or
their second home in the regular claim forms they submitted against
the ACA? If so, it would appear that while the Department might
have seen in 1997 that Mr Mackay and Ms Kirkbride had different
main home nominations, they would not have known from the nominations
on their forms until 2003 that Mr Mackay was making claims on
a property which was also Ms Kirkbride's main home (and vice versa).
It would be very helpful if you could confirm your understanding
of the position within the next week so that I can then show your
response to Mr Mackay.
2 September 2010
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