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Shadow prisons minister Alan Duncan has been cleared of wrongly claiming tens of thousands of pounds in mortgage interest payments on his second home. Full Article at Coventry Telegraph
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Mr Duncan is now the shadow prisons minister Photo: EDDIE MULHOLLAND The Conservative frontbencher referred himself to the Parliamentary Standards Committee after The Daily Telegraph disclosed that he had claimed mortgage interest for a second home... Full Article at The Telegraph
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Watchdog says shadow prisons minister was obeying 'the rules at the time' when he claimed allowance in relation to a property on which he was not paying a mortgage Alan Duncan asked the parliamentary commissioner for standards to investigate his case... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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The Commons Standards and Privileges Committee said there was nothing in the Tory MP's mortgage arrangements that breached Commons rules. Full Article at The Scotsman
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Page last updated at 11:24 GMT, Thursday, 5 November 2009 Mr Duncan apologised for comments he made about MPs expenses Conservative MP Alan Duncan was not in breach of rules on expenses, Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards John Lyon has said. Full Article at BBC News
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I have had a letter from Sir Thomas Legg. It doesn’t raise any new issues. It asks for one particular mortgage statement which of course I will provide, about a particular period of time but it doesn’t ask for money to be paid back.
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