tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13854701.post7204892416715911651..comments2023-11-05T09:08:38.693+00:00Comments on busdriving: Fiddling the Expences?Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02360658880145382442noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13854701.post-64966586032267876392010-02-10T20:02:12.849+00:002010-02-10T20:02:12.849+00:00It's wrong to describe an over payment as a fi...It's wrong to describe an over payment as a fiddled expense. I don't think that was your intention, but that's how it could be read given your headline. The sum I was asked to pay was the amount the administration dept should have deducted from rental claims after the 2005 election. Neither they nor I could have deducted it before because neither they nor I knew the precise dates for the dissolution of Parliament in advance of the election. In any event I didn't know I had to repay the rent for the 21 days of dissolution because the Admin Dept hadn't told me. They hadn't told me because they automatically make the deductions and explain afterwards, but in my and one other MPs case, they failed to make the deductions. It's an illogical rule because I wouldn't have had a London flat on which to pay rent had I not been an MP, and there are other second home costs that you don’t have to repay, but I digress. Parliament's annual audit should have spotted the admin dept's error at the end of the financial year but didn't, the Telegraph missed it because they were looking for MP's mistakes - not the House administration's, and the Herald - who had access to all the papers - didn't notice it either. Only Sir Thomas Legg and his proper independent audit found it four years later, and as soon as he informed me I repaid it without prevarication. The lesson is that we should have an independent audit every year. AdrianAdrian Sanders MPhttp://www.adriansanders.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13854701.post-9812826200216447772010-02-07T23:29:25.167+00:002010-02-07T23:29:25.167+00:00I have had to travel to Torquay and back to commen...I have had to travel to Torquay and back to comment on this. That'll be £5.12Lord Huttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10243668575631936439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13854701.post-4047739879086300912010-02-07T09:00:16.611+00:002010-02-07T09:00:16.611+00:00I'm with you David. My Dad used to always say ...I'm with you David. My Dad used to always say "Honesty is the best policy." - DaveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06851174879441602754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13854701.post-44906099713091512332010-02-07T07:38:47.602+00:002010-02-07T07:38:47.602+00:00Well I assent to but I dream the list inform shoul...Well I assent to but I dream the list inform should prepare more info then it has.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13854701.post-20902031404137296842010-02-05T19:17:04.592+00:002010-02-05T19:17:04.592+00:00According to a couple of news sources, the smalles...According to a couple of news sources, the smallest repayment has been 40p - Mike Gapes, Labour MP for Ilford South.<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8497877.stm<br /><br />What I find most frustrating is that the review cost £1.16m - more than the total of £1.12m eventually demanded for repayment.Central Userhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488603451815841959noreply@blogger.com