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Watchdog's call on Plaid expenses Watchdog's call on Plaid expenses
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The electoral watchdog has told Plaid Cymru it should declare newspaper adverts placed by its three MPs as Welsh assembly election expenses.The electoral watchdog has told Plaid Cymru it should declare newspaper adverts placed by its three MPs as Welsh assembly election expenses.
The Electoral Commission says they count as electioneering and should not have been paid for by House of Commons funds.The Electoral Commission says they count as electioneering and should not have been paid for by House of Commons funds.
The local newspaper adverts were placed last April, ahead of the May poll.The local newspaper adverts were placed last April, ahead of the May poll.
The MPs say parliamentary officials had given them the go-ahead and they are confident an inquiry will clear them.The MPs say parliamentary officials had given them the go-ahead and they are confident an inquiry will clear them.
The adverts set out what the three MPs - Elfyn Llwyd, Adam Price and Hywel Williams - do for constituents in Meirionydd Nant Conwy, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, and Caernarfon. The adverts set out what the three MPs - Elfyn Llwyd, Adam Price and Hywel Williams - do for constituents in Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, and Caernarfon.
They also explain their views on major topics.They also explain their views on major topics.
ExoneratedExonerated
They state that they were paid for by the House of Commons communication allowance, which all MPs receive.They state that they were paid for by the House of Commons communication allowance, which all MPs receive.
Labour MPs have complained about the timing of the move, just a week before the assembly election.Labour MPs have complained about the timing of the move, just a week before the assembly election.
The Electoral Commission has investigated and has told Plaid that the cost of the adverts should be recorded as election expenses.The Electoral Commission has investigated and has told Plaid that the cost of the adverts should be recorded as election expenses.
Plaid's parliamentary leader Elfyn Llwyd says he cannot talk about the matter until a separate investigation by parliament's Standards Commissioner has ended. Plaid's parliamentary leader Elfyn Llwyd says he cannot talk about the matter until a separate investigation by parliament's standards commissioner has ended.
But he said the adverts were approved by House of Commons officers and he was confident the MPs would be exonerated.But he said the adverts were approved by House of Commons officers and he was confident the MPs would be exonerated.