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18/10/2012
Row Escalates Over Disclosure Of MPs Property Lettings
The publication of material, which could show ministers are renting their taxpayer-funded homes to each other, is being blocked by MPs, it has been claimed.
IPSA, the external regulator, which took over responsibility for MPs' expenses in 2010, is due to release routine details of expenses claims on Thursday.
However, Commons Speaker John Bercow has sparked a row by writing to IPSA's chairman Sir Ian Kennedy urging him not to publish details of MPs landlords and agents in relation to their subsidised second homes.
In the letter, he says he understands that a request had been made under Freedom of Information laws for the details to be made public but said that said a number of MPs had expressed "grave concerns" about such "personal" information being published.
Expenses watchdog the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority is considering a Freedom of Information request to release the details.
In his letter Mr Bercow adds: "Their concerns are shared by the Serjeant At Arms and Parliamentary Security Director who believe there is a very real danger that the release of this information could lead to the unnecessary discovery of members' residential addresses and this could provide a security risk."
The BBC claim to have been told that four MPs are currently sub-letting their second homes to other MPs.
However there is no rule barring MPs from sub-letting properties to colleagues.
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IPSA, the external regulator, which took over responsibility for MPs' expenses in 2010, is due to release routine details of expenses claims on Thursday.
However, Commons Speaker John Bercow has sparked a row by writing to IPSA's chairman Sir Ian Kennedy urging him not to publish details of MPs landlords and agents in relation to their subsidised second homes.
In the letter, he says he understands that a request had been made under Freedom of Information laws for the details to be made public but said that said a number of MPs had expressed "grave concerns" about such "personal" information being published.
Expenses watchdog the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority is considering a Freedom of Information request to release the details.
In his letter Mr Bercow adds: "Their concerns are shared by the Serjeant At Arms and Parliamentary Security Director who believe there is a very real danger that the release of this information could lead to the unnecessary discovery of members' residential addresses and this could provide a security risk."
The BBC claim to have been told that four MPs are currently sub-letting their second homes to other MPs.
However there is no rule barring MPs from sub-letting properties to colleagues.
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