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10/12/2009
Fresh MPs' Home Expenses Revealed
A Labour MP has denied attempting to claim over £20,000 for the restoration of a bell tower at his constituency home.
Quentin Davies, a junior minister at the Ministry of Defence, received £5,376 for expenses, but later wrote to the Parliamentary fees office denying he requested money to repair a bell tower.
The revelation came as more details on the second home expenses submitted by Westminster MPs were published.
Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith claimed £555 for a new TV, while Tory 'duck house' claimant Sir Peter Viggers submitted an expense of £115 for employing "specialists in bird proofing/cleaning".
Speaker John Bercow claimed £22,465.49 for second home expenses between 2008 and 2009. Costs incurred included mortgage interest, council tax, gas, electricity and cleaning.
He has only made one utilities claim of £500 so far for 2009-2010.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has repaid the £500 he claimed for the painting of an outhouse, Downing Street confirmed this morning.
Tory leader David Cameron claimed £20,240.15 between 2008 and 2009. He has since claimed £3,066.91 for the period covered 2009 and 2010.
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg added a letter from his gardener to his expenses submission, after claiming £760 for the repair of a garden path.
"My plan of attack this year will start with weeding the front garden and big bush which is overgrown. I will have to poison the big holly or it just keeps coming," the note says.
Mr Clegg has pledged to pay back any profits he makes when selling his constituency homes.
Members of Parliament who live outside London were entitled to claim up to £24,000 in second home expenses between 2008 and 2009.
This was designated to cover mortgage interest payments and general runnings costs, as well as everyday items such as TVs and furniture.
(PR/KMcA)
Quentin Davies, a junior minister at the Ministry of Defence, received £5,376 for expenses, but later wrote to the Parliamentary fees office denying he requested money to repair a bell tower.
The revelation came as more details on the second home expenses submitted by Westminster MPs were published.
Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith claimed £555 for a new TV, while Tory 'duck house' claimant Sir Peter Viggers submitted an expense of £115 for employing "specialists in bird proofing/cleaning".
Speaker John Bercow claimed £22,465.49 for second home expenses between 2008 and 2009. Costs incurred included mortgage interest, council tax, gas, electricity and cleaning.
He has only made one utilities claim of £500 so far for 2009-2010.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has repaid the £500 he claimed for the painting of an outhouse, Downing Street confirmed this morning.
Tory leader David Cameron claimed £20,240.15 between 2008 and 2009. He has since claimed £3,066.91 for the period covered 2009 and 2010.
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg added a letter from his gardener to his expenses submission, after claiming £760 for the repair of a garden path.
"My plan of attack this year will start with weeding the front garden and big bush which is overgrown. I will have to poison the big holly or it just keeps coming," the note says.
Mr Clegg has pledged to pay back any profits he makes when selling his constituency homes.
Members of Parliament who live outside London were entitled to claim up to £24,000 in second home expenses between 2008 and 2009.
This was designated to cover mortgage interest payments and general runnings costs, as well as everyday items such as TVs and furniture.
(PR/KMcA)
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