Ministerial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of Interest
Debate between Jeremy Quin and Stephen Timms(1 year, 9 months ago)
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Jeremy Quin
The hon. Gentleman will have to excuse me: I do not know what was disclosed, and nor does the hon. Gentleman. That is why we have an independent adviser making certain that we have the facts addressed.
Sir Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab)
The current chairman of the Conservative party went on television before he settled his tax debt and said that his tax affairs were “fully paid and up to date”. We now know that that statement was untrue, do we not?
Jeremy Quin
I have a great deal of respect for the right hon. Gentleman, but he knows that I do not know the answer to that question—I genuinely do not. But I have no doubt that the work of the independent adviser will establish the facts and that that will be reported to the Prime Minister.