Omah
17-02-2013, 08:28 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21472000
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) has said it will investigate expenses claims submitted by MP Nadine Dorries.
Ms Dorries, who represents Mid Bedfordshire, faces an inquiry into her spending on accommodation and travel.
In a statement, IPSA said it had reason to believe she had received expenses "that should not have been allowed".
But the MP, who was suspended from the Conservatives in November, said there was "no foundation" to the claims.
She told the BBC she believed the inquiry had been triggered by her accommodation costs for the apartment she rents in Westminster.
In May, June and July last year, her claims were slightly higher than usual, she said, because her daughter was staying with her.
She also said it may have been prompted by a mistake by her parliamentary assistant, who accidentally claimed twice for petrol costs.
The MP said: "I have never claimed a penny in my expenses that I shouldn't have claimed. There is absolutely no foundation to this investigation by IPSA. They suspect that I sublet my flat for three months. I certainly didn't.
"Any MP that went through the MP's expenses scandal would have to be mad to have sublet any property since."
"I might be called mad Nad; I'm not that mad."
I think she is ..... ;)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) has said it will investigate expenses claims submitted by MP Nadine Dorries.
Ms Dorries, who represents Mid Bedfordshire, faces an inquiry into her spending on accommodation and travel.
In a statement, IPSA said it had reason to believe she had received expenses "that should not have been allowed".
But the MP, who was suspended from the Conservatives in November, said there was "no foundation" to the claims.
She told the BBC she believed the inquiry had been triggered by her accommodation costs for the apartment she rents in Westminster.
In May, June and July last year, her claims were slightly higher than usual, she said, because her daughter was staying with her.
She also said it may have been prompted by a mistake by her parliamentary assistant, who accidentally claimed twice for petrol costs.
The MP said: "I have never claimed a penny in my expenses that I shouldn't have claimed. There is absolutely no foundation to this investigation by IPSA. They suspect that I sublet my flat for three months. I certainly didn't.
"Any MP that went through the MP's expenses scandal would have to be mad to have sublet any property since."
"I might be called mad Nad; I'm not that mad."
I think she is ..... ;)