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HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestI thank the right hon. Lady for her question, to which it is a pleasure to respond. To start with ministerial appointments, appointments made to His Majesty’s Government are a…23 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestIndeed. I have absolutely no doubt that my right hon. Friend the Member for Stratford-on-Avon will co-operate in every way with the independent adviser to make certain that all…23 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestThe full process would have been undergone, in terms of the appointment of my right hon. Friend the Member for Stratford-on-Avon to the Government as chairman of the Conservative…23 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestI have a great deal of respect for the right hon. Gentleman, but he knows that I do not know the answer to that question—I genuinely do not. But I have no doubt that the work of…23 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestMy understanding is that my right hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson) and the gentleman in question have both said that no financial advice was…23 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestThe hon. Gentleman will have to excuse me: I do not know what was disclosed, and nor does the hon. Gentleman. That is why we have an independent adviser making certain that we…23 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestThe hon. Gentleman is making a statement about helping to arrange a loan. I do not know the basis on which he makes that assertion, but I know that all matters to do with any…23 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestI would never have guessed that I would get a question along those lines from the hon. Gentleman. The important thing, as the Prime Minister said, is integrity, accountability and…23 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestWe have the Nolan principles and the ministerial code. Both are extremely important documents, and extremely important approaches. The hon. Lady rightly refers to professionalism,…23 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestAs I have made clear, I cannot imagine circumstances under which my right hon. Friend the Member for Stratford-on-Avon would not wish to be fully transparent with the independent…23 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestIt may be three months, but it may be three hours. My understanding is that it will be by May. I cannot commit to a date because I am not the independent adviser. He has work to…23 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestWhat is absolutely the case is that a summary of the findings of the independent adviser and the outcome of that work will be shared with the House.23 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestThe usual appointment process was undertaken, so the Prime Minister will have had the benefit of full disclosure of the interests that my right hon. Friend the Member for…23 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestI agree. That is the purpose of having an independent adviser. He has been asked to investigate, and to work out exactly what the facts are. It would be ill-judged to make a…23 Jan 2023HANSARD Procurement Bill [Lords]I hope the right hon. Lady will welcome the fact that, as a result of the FFS award, we will see revitalisation of Harland & Wolff, we will have additional shipyard capacity and…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Procurement Bill [Lords]If life and public safety are at risk, does the right hon. Lady really think that there should not be an urgent procurement procedure—particularly one approved by this House—in…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Procurement Bill [Lords]I thank my hon. Friend for a most ingenious comment. I had not considered the calendar of the two Bills. It is an interesting point. I will raise the matter with business…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Procurement Bill [Lords]I referred to the right hon. Gentleman as my right hon. Friend because he is so familiar from my appearances at the Dispatch Box in my Ministry of Defence role, and it is lovely…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Procurement Bill [Lords]I give way to my right hon. Friend.09 Jan 2023HANSARD Procurement Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. At some £300 billion, public procurement accounts for around a third of all public expenditure every year. By improving the…09 Jan 2023