Letter to Mr Geoffrey Robinson MP from Mr Robert Coe, Senior Partner of Wilder Coe

As my firm deals with all your personal tax matters, you asked me to carry out an independent review of our files to confirm that we have no record of you receiving the £200,000 remuneration from Hollis Industries plc that was shown as voted to you in the accounts of that company to 30 June 1990.

We have reviewed (again) your personal tax files here, and I confirm there is no evidence whatsoever that you actually received the £200,000 remuneration referred to above.

You also sent us personal bank statements relating to the period 1 January 1990 to 31 December 1991 for us to independently review. I am happy to confirm that they do not indicate any receipt, directly or indirectly, from Hollis Industries plc.

7 July 1998