Defence Responsibilities Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence

Defence Responsibilities

Lord Harrington of Watford Excerpts
Monday 10th October 2011

(13 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Liam Fox Portrait Dr Fox
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As have I said, I was not aware of any direct approach from them. The first direct approach I can remember was when my current permanent secretary came to me in August and said that she had grave concerns about the use of a business card that had “adviser to the Secretary of State” printed on it. She asked what I was going to do about it, and I was able to reply to her that I had already, in June of that year, decided to stop those cards and demand that they not be used again.

Lord Harrington of Watford Portrait Richard Harrington (Watford) (Con)
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With the revelations today that the Labour Front Bench took money from Cellcrypt, is it not clear that we are witnessing a conspiracy between a desperate business man and a rotten Labour party?