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MULHOLLAND - HOME SECRETARY SHOULD RESIGN

March 30, 2009 8:45 PM

Greg Mulholland, MP for Leeds North West has said that the Home Secretary and Minister Tony McNulty should resign over recent stories bringing Parliament and the Government into disrepute.

Greg said; "The Home Secretary has lost all credibility and should resign. She cannot possibly now carry on leading the Home Office in light of these stories.

"It is clear that some MPs, including some senior ministers, have been abusing parliamentary expenses; they they say they have done nothing wrong because they haven't broken the rules but all that shows is that the rules are completely inadequate. The point is they have misused public funds for personal gain. In any other job you would be sacked for doing this.

This brings Parliament into disrepute and there is little Parliament seems able to do about it and it also brings the integrity of Government Ministers into question. Any Minister who has abused the second home allowance should resign and if they don't Gordon Brown should show some authority and sack them".

MPs from outside London do need accommodation to do their job and that is what the allowance is for. Sadly, there have been several instances where people have deliberately exploited loopholes for personal financial gain. Doing this is fraudulent and a clear misappropriation of public funds and should be dealt with appropriately".

Greg today tabled an Early Day Motion which calls on any Ministers who have made personal financial gain by wrongly declaring their maximum and second residences to resign or be sacked. He has been one of the leading voices in Parliament calling for reform of MPs allowances. He has proposed rule changes and has tabled a number of Early Day Motions on this theme.

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