Party Funding

Cathy Jamieson Excerpts
Monday 26th March 2012

(12 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Maude of Horsham Portrait Mr Maude
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The hon. Gentleman should stick to fiddling with his device.

Cathy Jamieson Portrait Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab/Co-op)
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The Minister has talked a lot today about transparency and at one point, in answer to a previous question, he seemed to dismiss any suggestion of cash for access as fantasy. Does he agree that perhaps there is just a scintilla of doubt when the leaders group is invited to pay £50,000 for the privilege of having post-PMQ lunches with the Prime Minister? For the avoidance of any doubt, can he say today that none of those lunches involved the use of taxpayer-funded offices or other facilities by Government?

Lord Maude of Horsham Portrait Mr Maude
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Yes, sir.