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Ronnie Campbell MP expenses panama hat confusion
Jun 28 2009 by Coreena Ford, Sunday Sun
“When I went in to the office my secretary knew it straight away, it’s a mat – one of those non-slip ones – and not a hat. I wouldn’t be allowed a hat. Saying that, they are allowed anything if some of the claims are anything to go by.”
We pointed out to Ronnie that some might say a bath mat is just as unnecessary as a Panama hat.
He said: “Neither is a lot of things, but we were entitled to buy them under the agreement.
“Items you could buy in the furnishings section had to fall into three categories and the first two were white furnishings and electric furnishings.
“But the third category was ‘any other furnishings’, so it covers everything, it’s crazy.
“That’s why I’m paying it back, the £6000 I used for the furnishings in my flat.”
He also made two claims of £239.10 and £91.90 for rock salt to deal with “a problem with snails” and he said he would welcome suggestions as to how to rid his constituency office of the creatures.
He said: “They’re crawling all over the place.”
Click on the links below for more on Ronnie Campbell's expenses
Additional Cost Allowance 2007-08
Communication Allowance 2007-08
Incidental Expenses Provision/Staff Allowance 2007-08
Additional Cost Allowance 2006-07
Incidental Expenses Provision/Staff Allowance 2006-07
Additional Cost Allowance 2005-06
Incidental Expenses Provision/Staff Allowance 2005-06
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