At its meeting today the Committee on Standards and Privileges had before it a report from the Commissioner on the complaints against you together with your letter to me of 10 June and your letter to the Commissioner dated today.

The Committee would be grateful if you would answer the following questions in writing:

(i)   Did you receive the £200,000 referred to in my earlier letter, or any other benefit directly or indirectly in respect of your chairmanship of Hollis Industries PLC, either in the accounting period in question or in any subsequent accounting period?


(ii)   Did you expect to receive any benefit of any kind in respect of your chairmanship of the company?


(iii)   Did you read the accounts of the company for the accounting period in question, and were you aware that they stated that the emoluments (excluding pension contributions) of the chairman of the company were £200,000?

An early reply to this letter would be appreciated.

23 June 1998