I regret that I have to forward to you the complaints of a number of my constituents about the Parliamentary Report circulated recently in Reading by Robert Wilson MP.

I recognise that this is a comparatively small matter in respect of your very busy schedules, but the matter is in the public domain here in Reading, and I do have to represent my constituents' views.

As you are already familiar with most of the detail of the case, I will summarise the complaints in three brief bullet-points:

• The first issue is the timing of the release of the Parliamentary Report, hard up against the start of the local election campaign. Inevitably this has meant that the Parliamentary Report has been regarded as Conservative Party election material produced at the public expense, and this view has been reinforced by the late delivery of some of the leaflets—actually within the election period, I am told.
• The second issue is the ill-advised promotion of a Conservative Party candidate in the Parliamentary Report. Given the timing, this again looks like the use of public money for local electioneering.
• The third issue is the inclusion within the Parliamentary Report of a Conservative Party leaflet as it was delivered. Again this makes a parliamentary publication appear to be used for party political purposes.

I hope that as a result of this complaint you will be able to bring these errors of judgement to Mr Wilson's attention, and ensure that they do not recur in future years.

11 April 2007