From Cufflinks to Flowers: The 785 Gifts Showered On Our Msps; Freedom of Information Rules Prise Open Full List of Presents
Sunday Herald › October 04, 2004
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SCOTTISH ministers have been showered with 785 gifts from businesses, public agencies, foreign governments and voluntary groups over the past five years, a Sunday Herald investigation has revealed.
The Labour First Minister, Jack McConnell, and his Liberal Democrat deputy, Jim Wallace, have received far more than anyone else. Amongst their 219 gifts, were 31 free tickets for sporting and cultural events, 23 bottles of whisky and an avalanche of glassware, ties and cufflinks. McConnell recorded 120 gifts and Wallace 99.See the full content of this document
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From Cufflinks to Flowers: The 785 Gifts Showered On Our Msps; Freedom of Information Rules Prise Open Full List of Presents
Wallace has received the most expensive item - a (pounds) 555 pearl necklace from a Japanese semiconductor company. Fish-farm giant Marine Harvest gave McConnell a pair of gold ...
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