A good city speculator or a
parliamentary commissioner could have told to a fraction, from the crowds that were cantering about, what sum of money was realised in London, in the course of a year, by holding horses alone.
In a report to the committee, the
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards John Lyon found that Mr McNulty was entitled to claim on the house in his Harrow constituency, even though it was only nine miles from his main home.
The
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards John Lyon confirmed that he had received a letter from Mr Vaz himself asking him to look into the allegations.
It had been reported that the
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, John Lyon, was being asked to investigate a conflict of interest regarding the position of Elizabeth Haywood as managing director of KMC International.
Despite these damning findings by fellow MPs, Vaz still twists and turns and bad-mouths
parliamentary commissioner for standards Elizabeth Filkin.
We acknowledge that Miss Kirkbride was cleared of any wrongdoing over her expenses by the
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards and that Mr MacKay, whilst criticised by the Commissioner over his expense claims, acted completely transparently throughout and on the advice of the Fees Office.
THE public's watchdog, the
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, has proved absolutely toothless when it comes to the expenses of MPs.
No complaint has been lodged with
Parliamentary Commissioner Sir Philip Mawer.
David Heathcoat-Amory, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury and Conservative MP for Wells, plans to write to
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Elizabeth Filkin.
It emerged that the
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, John Lyon, has written to Ms Smith calling on her to explain the pounds 116,000 which she has claimed since becoming an MP.