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Tell us what you think about MPs Using the House of Commons for Private or Commercial Purposes |
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The Guardian Today reported how "David Blunkett broke parliamentary rules by intervening in a planning row using House of Commons headed paper ... The work and pensions secretary wrote to Wandsworth council last month to express concerns about the conversion of a building next to his second home in south London".
The Guardian notes that "Parliamentary rules say the Portcullis motif stationery 'should only be used for appropriate purposes and not when it might wrongly be regarded or represented as carrying the authority of the house when this is not the case'".
We still await a response from the Serjeant At Arms Office to SpinWatch's request to see whether Ken Clarke's use of Portcullis stationary for BAT purposes is inappropriate.
What do people think - should MPs be allowed to use the facilities of the House for private or commerical purposes?
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