mp claiming of expenses

Dear Sir or Madam,

Can you tell me if you are considering any case regarding

claiming of expenses to which the House of

Commons Authorities have decided they were not entitled.

If there is no current case, are you aware of any that may be being

prepared, and if not can you advise me on what would need to be

done for such a criminal case to be initiated?

i have included a list of mps with some evidence

libs

Annette Brooke pays £1,124 a month rent for a flat in London and
makes few other claims. One was £149.95 for a vacuum cleaner

Jeremy Browne claimed £5,088 for roof repairs, £3,975 for
replacement windows, £972 on a sofa and rugs and £650 on blinds

Malcolm Bruce was able to claim thousands of pounds towards the
running of both his London flat and his constituency home.

Paul Burstow doesn't claim for a second home although he is
entitled to

Lorely Burt claimed £12,500 in stamp duty and fees when buying a
flat in Westminster with her husband two months after being elected
in 2005. Then claimed £1,110 for blinds and £746 for wardrobes

Vince Cable forgoes the second home allowance, but asked whether he
could claim backdated payments of the London supplement instead

Menzies Campbell hired a top interior designer to refurbish his
small flat in central London at taxpayers’ expense. He will repay
the £1,490.66 cost of an interior designer

Alistair Carmichael, the MP with the constituency furthest from
London, is allowed to claim for two second homes, one in London and
the other in Shetland. Claimed £2,000 in stamp duty

Nick Clegg claimed the maximum allowed under his parliamentary
second home allowance

Ed Davey did not claim on his second home allowance between 2004-8

Tim Farron claims £1,400 a month rent for flat near Westminster,
plus utilities and council tax bills. In 2005, claimed £2,000 for
furniture and appliances, and £300 for a Dyson vacuum

Lynne Featherstone did not claim on her second homes allowance in
between 2004 and 2008

Don Foster claims £800 a month mortgage interest on south-west
London flat. In 2005, claimed £3,450 for refurbishing his bathroom.
In 2006, claimed £1,000 for bed and mattress

Andrew George used parliamentary expenses for a London flat used by
his student daughter. He also claimed hundreds of pounds for hotel
stays with his wife. He has said he will repay £20 for a hotel
breakfast

Sandra Gidley claimed more than £1,500 a month for renting a flat
in London as her second home and has made few other claims

Julia Goldsworthy spent thousands of pounds on expensive furniture
just days before the deadline for using up parliamentary
allowances. She has promised to pay back £1,005 for a leather
rocking chair

Mike Hancock was ranked 548 out of 645 MPs, claiming only £10, 859
of his scond home allowance in 2007-08

Dr Evan Harris spent thousands doing up and adding value to his
taxpayer-funded second home before selling it to his parents.

Nick Harvey had to be reminded twice by parliamentary officials to
submit receipts with his expenses claims

David Heath rents a flat near the Barbican in London, which he
declares as his second home. Claimed £1,785 a month in rent in
2007-08, along with £1,170 in council tax and £550 on utilities but
nothing else

John Hemming designates a flat in Covent Garden as his second home.
Charged £80 for a hotel “when locked out of flat (lost keys)”. A
£1,499 television claim was reduced to £750 and has spent £681 on
bedding

Paul Holmes regularly claimed between £300 and £400 for food in
2004-05. Tried to charge £250 for use of accountant but rejected by
the fees office in February 2006. Claimed £290 for bedside cabinets

Martin Horwood claimed large rent bills of around £1,500 and the
rare bill for food. In 2008 submitted an £11.03 receipt for washing
up liquid, £2.39 plasters and £1.79 for a tube of Savlon

David Howarth has not made any claims on his second home allowance
since 2004/05

Simon Hughes is not eligible for the second homes allowance as an
inner London MP. He claimed the smaller London Supplement which
amounted to £2,812 last year

Chris Huhne regularly submits receipts for bus tickets and
groceries including pints of milk, fluffy dusters, lavatory rolls
and chocolate HobNobs. He has promised to pay back £119 for a
trouser press

Mark Hunter rented a second home in London for £1,365 per month. He
also claimed for food, utilities, council tax and a television
licence but has made no other claims on his second home allowance

Paul Keetch's mortgage jumped from £145,000 to £300,000 when he
sold a flat in Stockwell in London last year and moved around the
corner. The new flat was furnished with a sofa-bed costing £690 and
a wardrobe at £624

Charles Kennedy charged taxpayers for three boxes of mints and two
teddy bears bought from the gift shop at the House of Commons. He
claimed only for mortgage interest and council tax at his second
home in London

Lord Kirkwood claimed £5,000 in expenses to refurbish his London
flat before retiring as an MP and selling it to his daughter for
less than half its value

Susan Kramer did not claim on her second home allowance between
2004-8

Norman Lamb claimed just over £1,000 per month in mortgage interest
payments for his second home in London. Also claimed £1,826 for
refurbishment of a bathroom at the property

David Laws claimed £950 per month rent for his second home in
London. Also claimed council tax, utilities and food and £80 for a
vacuum cleaner

John Leech claimed £349.99 for a television and £548 for another
television two years later. Also claimed £1,873.82 on furniture and
£546.72 on carpets for his second home in London

Michael Moore claimed for £64 electric razor, disallowed by fees
office. Claimed for £3,100 on food in one year on London flat. Also
claimed for £89 speakers, £36 stereo accessory, £199 DVD player,
£89.95 digital radio

Greg Mulholland formerly rented flat in Dolphin Square, but last
year moved to a block in Vauxhall. Claim of £37.94 for “cot and
playpen” refused. In 2007-08 claimed £138 to reframe five pictures
and £158 for pine bookshelf

Mark Oaten: second home in Wandsworth, where he claims £1,200 a
month in mortgage interest payments. Claimed £116 for irons in
three years. Told to repay £1,187 in 2006-07 after fees office
allowed him to overspend allowance

Lembit Opik had to pay £2,499 for a 42-inch plasma television after
purchasing it while Parliament was dissolved. He claimed £30 for
two fancy dress wigs from Hamleys on his office expenses

John Pugh rents London flat for £1,280 a month; rent claims rose to
£1,500. In July 2006, told fees office his daughter would be
staying while at university, so he would reduce claims on rent and
utilities. Claims remained close to maximum

Alan Reid claimed more than £1,500 on his parliamentary expenses
for staying in hotels and bed-and-breakfasts near his home

Willie Rennie's second home is a flat in Lambeth, south London. In
2005, claimed £708 for new cooker and fridge freezer. In 2007,
claimed for £1,350 monthly rent

Dan Rogerson bought London flat in 2005. Claimed £2,500 stamp duty,
£1,572 legal fees, £340 survey; £1,108 furniture. In March 2008,
changed mortgage to interest-only, allowing maximum benefits of ACA

Paul Rowen claimed mortgage interest payments for second home in
Battersea, south London. In 2007, claimed for a £325 rug, a chest
of drawers costing £295 and an £85 bedside table, all from John
Lewis

Bob Russell claims mortgage interest for south London flat he
shares with fellow MP Mike Hancock. In July 2006, claimed £1,035
for replacing windows

Adrian Sanders claimed rent on his London flat of up to £988 a
month. Claimed for £55 vase from the Dartington Cider Press Centre
in Totnes, Devon

Sir Robert Smith claimed about £910 a month for mortgage interest
payments on Lambeth flat in 2008-09

Andrew Stunell claims for mortgage interest on flat in London, also
claimed for £5,545 replacement windows by Everest. Claims more than
£1,000 per year for food in some years

Jo Swinson included receipts for eyeliner, a “tooth flosser” and
29p dusters with her parliamentary expenses claims

Matthew Taylor claims for flat in London while also owning another
flat in London which he rents out. Bills include £350 for
gardening, £1,373 for curtains and blinds

Sarah Teather did not claim on her second homes allowance between
2004 and 2008

John Thurso claimed rent on designated second home in London and
for hotels across Scotland because of “vast area of constituency”.
Approved by fees office

Baroness Tonge claimed mortgage interest on her second home
allowance as an MP, then after her retirement leased the property
to a fellow MP who in turn recovered the rent from the taxpayer

Lord Tyler claimed for the mortgage interest on his family-owned
flat in Westminster – and then sold his share to his daughter a
month after he quit as an MP

Steve Webb sold his London flat and bought another nearby, while
the taxpayer picked up an £8,400 bill for stamp duty

Phil Willis spent thousands of pounds of public funds on mortgage
interest payments, redecoration and furnishings for a flat where
his daughter now lives

Mark Williams claimed up to £1,300 per month to rent a flat in
London as his second home but made few other claims under the
allowance

Stephen Williams claimed up to £1,500 per month to cover rent at
his second home, a flat in London. Also claimed for food and
utility bills but made few other claims

Roger Williams claimed £1,200 per month in rent for a flat in
London, which he designated as his second home. Also claimed for
food, utilities and cleaning

Jenny Willott claimed up to £1,500 per month to live in a flat in
London as her second home. Also claimed £519 for a sofa, £933.50
for a bed and £850 for a mattress

Richard Younger-Ross spent £1,235 on four mirrors and bought 'Don
Juan’ bookcase

Norman Baker asked if he could claim for a bicycle and a computer
so he could listen to music and email family and friends

John Barrett claimed on ACA for designated second home in Dolphin
Square and submitted £1,138 a month claim for rent. He also charged
regular, but £8 monthly bills for his TV

Alan Beith claimed £117,000 in second home allowances while his
wife, Baroness Maddock, claimed £60,000 in House of Lords expenses
for staying at the same address. He also used his office expenses
to pay for his London secretary to spend a month in his
constituency during the last general election campaign

Tom Brake did not claim on his second home allowance between 2004-8

Colin Breed claimed £3,650 for redecorating and £1,806 for carpets
at his designated second home

could you please refer to me as gary of the smith family Sincerely
and without ill will, vexation or frivolity,

gary of the smith family