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Four crucial questions for the minister

1. Is it really his Harrow home? His parents have been on the electoral register at the Harrow house since at least 1998. Several neighbours claim rarely to have seen the Minister. Some say they have never known him to stay overnight.

2. Did he really need a second home? Commons rules say accommodation must be "necessary" to carry out parliamentary duties. But Mr McNulty lives in Hammersmith, just nine miles from his Harrow constituency and he also has an office in Harrow.

3. How many nights has he actually spent in Harrow? It is unclear how much he uses the property, despite the taxpayer paying £60,000 over six years.

4. Why does he need an office and a house in Harrow? Defending his expenses for the house, Mr McNulty said he had worked there two or three days a week at times. However, he holds surgeries at a constituency office in Harrow East Labour Centre, two minutes' drive away. Why did he need to work at the house? Or was he just visiting his parents.

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