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Monday 25th October 2021

(2 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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I look forward to having just that conversation.

David Linden Portrait David  Linden  (Glasgow East) (SNP)
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T6.   I congratulate the Secretary of State on retaining the portfolio responsibility for democracy in his new Department. When he cheered for the Brexit campaign, he used to rail against unelected elites making decisions. With that in mind, can he tell us how Lord Frost managed to become a peer and a member of the Cabinet, and how Malcolm Offord has managed to become a peer and a member of the Scotland Office? Was it anything to do with the £150,000 that he donated to the Scottish Tories?

Michael Gove Portrait Michael Gove
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In both cases, it was sheer luminous talent.