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Deputies of British House of Commons, who have been spending public money for personal needs, and then demanded reimbursement from the state, forced to return to the treasury of more than 1 million pounds. All of these deputies in the parliament found 350, ITAR-TASS.

head of an independent commission to investigate abuses of the system of compensation costs, Sir Thomas Legg sharply criticized the actions of members of the House of Commons, with the connivance of which there were massive violations. Previously, T. Legg sent hundreds of letters to members of parliament to demand money to compensate for the fake receipts or provide tangible explanation for their spending.

According to the commission, the money for bogus claims for their expenses returned coffers more than 175 members of the British Parliament. So, Rosie Winterton made back in the coffers 8 thousand pounds, allegedly received as compensation for a mortgage loan. And Sir Alan Heyzlherst and several of his colleagues returned to a few thousand pounds, paid for work in their own gardens.

Even British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was forced to return to the government of £ 500 previously requested for the repair of his summer home.

Those parliamentarians who can not return the money, they will be deducted from the salary, the newspaper The Daily Telegraph. However, dozens of deputies embezzlers were forgiven. The fact that the commission"s decision regarding its costs and benefits may appeal the deputy. To do this, he was appointed judge of the Supreme Court in retirement, Sir Paul Kennedy.

It is believed that Sir Paul sympathetically accepts complaints of deputies and therefore satisfies many of them. As learned the newspaper, Sir Paul upheld many complaints, reducing the subject to the payment of a sum sometimes tens of thousands of pounds. Of the 73 MPs who appealed to the judge P. Kennedy, at least 30 left satisfied - their debts have been reduced or removed from them at all. In other cases, Sir Paul admitted that he sympathizes with the applicant, but can not relieve him from responsibility, because it has no authority to repeal restrictions on government money payments retroactively. Sir Thomas threatened to resign if Sir Paul will be appropriated by such authority.

informed source said that on February 4 MPs1000lead a well-coordinated attack on Sir Thomas. The source said that the report of T. Legg too critical of the deputies and accuses them only, although the abuse would not be possible, if they had not allowed a service that is responsible for issuing money deputies.

complete report of T. Legg will be published together with the results of 73 complaints on him, heard by Judge P. Kennedy. Authorities also publish data on government expenditures in the 2008-2009 fiscal year for the maintenance of offices of deputies and their trips.

During the parliamentary expenses scandal surfaced some interesting details about what MPs spend public money. Thus, the former Minister for the Environment, Elliot Morley MP appealed to the House of Commons with a request to indemnify him for 16,000 pounds to a nonexistent mortgage. E. Morley acknowledged that the mortgages that have long been paid off, calling it a mistake and promised to pay everything back.

One of the Tory leader Michael Enkram spent on cleaning the pool a few thousand pounds. But the shadow leader of the lower house of Alan Duncan, formerly disgraced by the recognition of homosexuality, for three years paid 4 thousand pounds for the services of the gardener.

MP Oliver Lettvin, which trains election platform Tories had counted two thousand pounds to replace a broken pipe under the court, and the shadow home secretary Chris Grayling claimed to indemnify him for a thousand pounds for repairs to the apartment.

Shadow Minister of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan required to compensate for her 4.5 pound spent on dog food, and the shadow minister for higher education, David Willetts, presented by more than 100 pounds, which was paid to the workers, which served as his home light bulbs. At the same time, the Minister for Immigration Phil Vulas threatened to sue over allegations the media that he had submitted bills for reimbursement of its costs for buying women"s clothing, diapers and comics.

Douglas Hogg, a former Minister of Agriculture, filed a petition for compensation for the cost of cleaning the moat around his suburban estate. Price question - 2 thousand pounds sterling. For the money of taxpayers D. Hogg also hired a maid, took her rental car and tuned the piano.

Michael Spicer, one of the oldest members of parliament, also demanded to compensate it for 5,6 thousand pounds spent on care for the garden. In December 2006 he presented a detailed description of the work, which includes even the "platform for the helicopter with a hedge." Subsequently, the MP said that it was a family joke. "

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