"But that's not — as I know from the members I've spoke to — the correct view. This is a view of a spokesman for West Suffolk who we don't know who it was." Mr Kerby said he had not been consulted on the statement and was not aware Mr Hancock had apologised until he read the the Conservative Association's statement in this newspaper. He said: "It's slightly undemocratic to issue a statement without consulting members first on Matt Hancock's position." He added that he wished to call an extraordinary meeting of the association to discuss the issue. In a letter to this newspaper Mr Kerby, who is a former deputy mayor of Newmarket, wrote: "While it saddens and disappoints me to hear and read the terrible news of Matt Hancock MP, as Health Secretary he has overseen the Covid pandemic that hit the country throughout the past year with passion.