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Ex-Brit Home Secy apologises for claiming hubby's porn film expenses |
Ex-British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has said
sorry to the Commons for wrongly claiming 116,000 pounds in second home allowances,
which included porn movies watched by her husband. However, critics are furious
after MPs refused to order her to repay a penny. Smith was investigated after
claiming her main home was her sister's house in London, which enabled her to
make second home claims on her constituency home in Redditch, Worcs, where husband
Richard Timney and their sons lived. But a report by Parliament's investigator
John Lyon maintained yesterday that Redditch was her main home. "Ms Smith clearly
breached the rules of the House by wrongly designating her main home from 2004
to 2009," The Sun quoted the Standards and Privileges Committee report as saying.
The report also alleged that Smith claimed more than 550 pounds for her cable
TV and broadband package - including blue movies watched by her husband. "I want
to say sorry to my constituents. They're my number one priority," said a teary-eyed
Smith. The report said "no further action" was required as Smith had repaid 400
pounds and had also asked Commons officials for advice in 2007. Susie Squire of
the Taxpayers' Alliance said: "The punishment does not fit the crime. She's been
found guilty by her peers of making inappropriate expense claims and should repay
the money." |
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