When I became opposition chief whip in 2001 the Fees Office informed me that I was now a paid office holder and I was deemed to live in London as my main home whether or not that was the case.

BBC: Statement in full: David Maclean

The only other option was to claim nothing at all but then I would have had to resign because I could not afford to live half my life in London or Cumbria without an allowance for one of them.

BBC: Statement in full: David Maclean