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Published:
December
12,
2009
Burnham-On-Sea
MP 'did not claim expenses for slug pellets'
 Burnham-On-Sea's
MP has rigorously denied that he claimed expenses for several
packs of slug pellets.
Following
the latest release of expense claims published here
on the Parliament website, it was reported that David Heathcoat-Amory
had made several claims for gardening items, including slug pellets.
However,
Mr Heathcoat-Amory contacted Burnham-On-Sea.com on Saturday to
confirm that the reports are "completely untrue."
He
said: "Find the invoice dated 30/4/08. It totals £893.58.
On it is written by hand, 'claim £782.50'. The difference
of £111.08 are these items: Stocks, twine, wood, top soil,
slug pellets, totalling £111.08, which were not claimed.".
"On
the invoice dated 31/7/08, the same applies. The invoice total
is £829.92, but I claimed £794.24 and marked the items
not claimed, including slug pellets and Miracle Grow."
He
added: "Since the start of this financial year, 2009-10,
I have made no Additional Cost Allowance claims of any kind until
the new rules are agreed."
Confusion
over the latest expense claims has led to reports appearing about
Mr Heathcoat-Amory's claims in the Scottish
Daily Record, Daily
Mirror, and The
Guardian.
His
claims were also named on a list of "Top 10 MPs' Gardening
Expenses Claims" by gardening magazine Horticultural Week
here.
The
MP hit the headlines in April over expense claims he made for
bags of manure.
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