The Tory MP leading a Commons committee investigating lobbying is confident there is bipartisan support for “meaningful change” in the wake of the Greensill Capital controversy.
William Wragg is chairman of the Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, which announced on Thursday that it would be carrying out an inquiry into lobbying and business appointments issues that have come to light since the Greensill row.
“There’s an understanding that something must be done, but as often in politics we have to translate that natural understanding into tangible proposals,” Mr Wragg told the BBC.
“I think we can all approach this in a fairly consensual, cross-party way to make sure that we do have meaningful change,” he added.
The Tory MP leading a Commons committee investigating lobbying is confident there is bipartisan support for “meaningful change” in the wake of the Greensill Capital controversy.
William Wragg is chairman of the Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, which announced on Thursday that it would be carrying out an inquiry into lobbying and business appointments issues that have come to light since the Greensill row.
“There’s an understanding that something must be done, but as often in politics we have to translate that natural understanding into tangible proposals,” Mr Wragg told the BBC.
“I think we can all approach this in a fairly consensual, cross-party way to make sure that we do have meaningful change,” he added.
David Cameron is facing fresh lobbying questions over his £110,000 public duty funding from the taxpayer.
Labour has demanded full transparency after a leaked email from the former PM revealed his staff had been passing on approaches from businesses to the NHS.
The message sent to the health service s digital chief Matthew Gould in April last year suggested Mr Cameron s private secretary had flagged people who have contacted me with tech solutions they think might be deployed in the UK to help with the Covid effort . Thanks so much for considering these and dealing with them, especially when you re so busy. I do appreciate it, the email said according to the Sunday Times.
The SNP s Pete Wishart slammed the cronyism crisis engulfing Boris Johnson s government brought to light by former PM David Cameron s lobbying attempts SCOTLAND S longest-serving MP has hit out at the cronyism crisis engulfing the Tory government at Westminster – saying Scots can ditch the “House of Sleaze” for an independent future. It was recently revealed that former prime minister David Cameron lobbied UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Matt Hancock on behalf of finance firm Greensill Capital in an attempt to secure access to taxpayer-funded Covid loan schemes. There are currently seven inquiries looking to investigate this latest Tory scandal.
Boris Johnson is facing Tory calls for meaningful change as the lobbying storm threatens to derail the elections battle.
The Conservative chair of a cross-party committee investigating the issue has warned that something must be done after a slew of revelations about links between politics and business.
Cabinet minister George Eustice insisted yesterday that only tweaks are needed to the system, as he stressed that David Cameron had broken no rules despite anger over how he approached colleagues on behalf of Greensill Capital.
But William Wragg, who heads the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, suggested that fiddling at the edges will not be enough.