Home Secretary: Allegations of Bullying

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town Excerpts

Monday 2nd November 2020 Lords Chamber

[Lord True (Con)]

My Lords, I stated just now that there is an Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests, and that is Sir Alex Allan, who has a role. I have also studied the Cabinet Secretary’s evidence to PACAC on 22 October. He said what I have said, which is that, in the interests of all those involved in the process,

“We are not giving a running commentary on the process.”


That is a quotation from the Cabinet Secretary and I agree with him.

[Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab)]

The Minister keeps saying that this is an ongoing process. The review was completed eight months ago. I do not know whether the Prime Minister is a very slow reader or whether, as Laura Kuenssberg has said, this has simply been parked. If it is the latter, can we take it out of the underground garage, please?

[Lord True (Con)]

My Lords, I have nothing further to add to the replies I gave earlier about the ongoing process.