Members of Parliament are refusing to let Auditor-General Sheila Fraser examine their expenses, saying she has no right to look at their books - and they don't plan to give her one.

At a time when all federal departments are cutting programs and squeezing budgets to reduce the deficit, MPs officially rejected Ms. Fraser's suggestion that her office could help find further savings in the way Parliament spends more than $500-million a year.

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