The Committee concluded: “Mr Binley breached the rules of the House relating to claims against the Additional Costs Allowance and that this was a serious matter —particularly so for the period from April 2007, when the deadline for bringing his second home arrangements within the revised rules had expired. The breach was sustained and it was deliberate. We regard this… as a serious failure of his duty under the Code of Conduct to ensure at all times that his use of allowances provided from the public purse is strictly in accordance with the rules.”