Appendix 2: Email to the Committee from
Mr Andrew Mackay, 15 October, 2010
Thank you for sending me the Parliamentary Commissioner's
Memorandum. Whilst not wishing to give formal evidence I would
appreciate the Clerk ensuring Members of your Committee see this
e-mail.
I am pleased to note that in his conclusions the
Commissioner:—
- accepts that I did not seek,
at any stage, to disguise my ACA arrangements.(231)
- states it is reasonable to conclude that at all
times my wife believed we were acting on the advice of the then
Head of the Fees Office.(231)
- states that when a member has more than one home
their main home is normally where they spend the most nights and
he accepts my estimate that I spent slightly more nights in our
Bromsgrove home. (237)
- believes I have paid a high price for a misjudgement
(250)
- states it is perhaps understandable that as a
busy politican I never reviewed the original decision.(250)
- notes that my arrangements were openly declared
and the Department fairly accepted that it was reasonable that
from their silence there was no problem. (247)
I would finally draw the Committee's attention to
the Factual Section of the Commissioner's Memorandum and my e-mail
to him on 12th September where I have set out why I believe I
acted within the rules and in good faith.
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