Downing Street Parties: Police Investigation Debate

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Downing Street Parties: Police Investigation

Simon Baynes Excerpts
Tuesday 25th January 2022

(2 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Ellis Portrait Michael Ellis
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No one is proved to have done what the hon. Member alleges.

Simon Baynes Portrait Simon Baynes (Clwyd South) (Con)
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It is absolutely right for there to be a full investigation into these matters, just as it was right for the police to investigate the cash for honours scandal under the Blair Government. Can my right hon. and learned Friend assure me that the police will, of course, be given full co-operation on these matters, just as the Cabinet Office investigation has been?

Michael Ellis Portrait Michael Ellis
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I can assure my hon. Friend that full co-operation will be accorded to the police as and if they ask for it.