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• Home Office Secretary Jacqui Smith expensed two X-rated movies that her husband watched. She later covered the expense.
• Housing Minister and former Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett claimed 600 pounds ($900) for hanging plant baskets.
• Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott claimed 300 pounds ($450) over two years to fix broken toilet seats.
• Tourism Minister Barbara Follett claimed more than 25,000 pounds ($38,000) over a four-year period for security patrols, CCTV cameras and alarms outside her London home. She is married to best- selling thriller writer Ken Follett.



