Ministerial Code: Investigation of Potential Breach Debate

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Ministerial Code: Investigation of Potential Breach

Ellie Reeves Excerpts
Tuesday 23rd May 2023

(1 year, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ellie Reeves Portrait Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge) (Lab)
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When the Home Secretary was the Attorney General, she tweeted her support for Dominic Cummings driving to Barnard Castle to test his eyesight. When she was Home Secretary under the right hon. Member for South West Norfolk (Elizabeth Truss), she was sacked for sending sensitive Government information from a personal email address. As Home Secretary under the right hon. Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Rishi Sunak), she faces allegations of instructing civil servants to arrange a private speed awareness course. Every step of the way, it is one rule for members of this Government and another for everyone else. What will it finally take to get an investigation?

Jeremy Quin Portrait Jeremy Quin
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An investigation will be dependent on the information gathered. The Prime Minister will gather that information, and he will take a decision on the back of the information that he has received.