MP Breaking Rules to ‘Tout for Business’?

Is Southport’s new MP  breaking parliamentary rules?

Damian Moore is using parliamentary stationary and postage paid for by the taxpayer to ‘trawl’ for people wanting to come and take a tour around Parliament with him.

Parliamentary ‘rules’ make plain that Parliamentary stationary should only be used for official correspondence necessary to the performance of an MP’s parliamentary duties. You read the rules and you decide:

http://www.parliament.uk/documents/facilities/Accommodation-and-Logistics/Stationery-rules-March-2015.pdf

MPs get an allowance of £9000 per year for ​MP’s stationary – although if they want to, they can spend more on this item from other Parliamentary expenses. ​But this postage and stationalty should only be used on strict parliamentary duties.​

​So, who in Southport is ​ Damian Moore targeting for his ‘take tea on the terrace with your £85,000 per year tour guide’ mailings? It appears that ​ ​the MP may also be ​selecting names and addressed ​of people who have written to him ​about other matters as a database to ‘target’ his misuse of stationary.

If this is so, ​it ​would be a breach of the Data Protection Act.