26. Letter to the Commissioner from
Ms Alison Seabeck MP, 2 February 2011
Thank you for your further letter dated 31 January
2011. I am sorry if I was not clear in my previous letters on
the issue of the advice given and my interpretation of it. I thought
I had already made clear I did not judge that it was necessary
on the basis of [the Registrar]'s advice to make a declaration
at the start of the debate and as she comments that I should have
done it "at least at the time of intervention"
I assume accepts that there is an element of doubt about whether
a declaration at the start of the debate was really necessary.
I did not feel that the reference in the intervention required
a declaration for all the reasons given in my earlier letters
and do not feel that there is anything further that I can add
on this point.
As I have already said, I would clearly welcome your
advice on the other related concerns I have raised on this matter.
2 February 2011
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