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Conservative MP Bill Cash has "very serious questions to answer" about his expenses, David Cameron has said. | Conservative MP Bill Cash has "very serious questions to answer" about his expenses, David Cameron has said. |
The backbench MP reportedly claimed £15,000 on expenses to rent a London flat from his daughter - despite owning one which was closer to Parliament. | |
He said it was within the rules and cost the taxpayer no more than if he had rented one elsewhere. | He said it was within the rules and cost the taxpayer no more than if he had rented one elsewhere. |
Meanwhile Labour deputy Harriet Harman said Labour MPs who had done something wrong would have to "pay the price". | |
In the latest revelations about MPs' expenses in the Daily Telegraph, Mr Cash, MP for Stone in Staffordshire, is reported to have designated his daughter's flat as his official "second home" in 2004-5. | |
He went on to claim more than £15,000 on his second home allowances for the rent on the Notting Hill property, despite owning his own flat in Pimlico, the newspaper said. | |
Mr Cash said when the claims were made they were within the rules and the tenancy agreement had been cleared by the Commons Fees Office. | |
But asked about the reports, Conservative leader Mr Cameron said: "I think Bill Cash has got some very serious questions to answer. | |
"He needs to answer those questions and also cooperate with the inquiry that the Conservative Party is holding. | |
"And everyone knows the consequences of not cooperating with those inquiries - and that's what needs to happen." | |
Mr Cameron has warned that any MP who refuses to pay back claims deemed to have been excessive could be sacked. |