Attorney General’s Office: Conflicts of Interest Debate
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Melanie Ward
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Attorney General’s Office: Conflicts of Interest
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The Solicitor General
The hon. Member will know that the Law Officers’ convention means that I cannot confirm that the Attorney General has advised or whether his advice has been sought on any matter.
Melanie Ward (Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) (Lab)
We are seeing some extraordinary and absolutely shameless attacks, because not only is the Attorney General a barrister of international standing, but as my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton West (Warinder Juss) said, he represented the victims of Grenfell Tower. Does the Solicitor General agree with me that Conservative Members would do well to remember that when they attack the Attorney General about his former clients?
The Solicitor General
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for her question, and I agree with her.