MP George Freeman. Picture: Matthew Usher.
A Norfolk MP broke ministerial rules - but there was no intent to conceal it from the public, the Cabinet Office has said.
Mid Norfolk MP George Freeman was reported to the Cabinet Office for breaches of the ministerial code - after taking up four roles without first seeking advice.
Mr Freeman, who previously served as a minister for life sciences and as transport minister, apologised but said he had acted in good faith .
Aerosol Shield, the company Mr Freeman was working with, was developing a face shield for protection against the coronavirus
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Norfolk MPs Chloe Smith, George Freeman and Brandon Lewis
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Free helicopter rides worth £18,000, pay of £5,000 for 23 hours work and a £17,000 donation from a private school - Norfolk MPs have declared a string of financial interests over the last two years.
He represents the most deprived constituency in east England, but his register of interests shows a very different type of lifestyle.
Mr Lewis enjoyed four helicopter flights, worth a total of £18,200, between May and September 2019, provided by property developer Gallagher Developments Ltd.
They include one helicopter ride from London to Yarmouth on September 6 2019, the day he attended an event in his constituency about Brexit.
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Mid-Norfolk MP George Freeman
Norfolk MP George Freeman has been reported to the Cabinet Office for further breaches of the ministerial code - after taking up four roles without first seeking advice.
Mr Freeman, who previously served as a minister for life sciences and as transport minister, said he had apologised profusely and that he had made an error in misunderstanding the process.
And, in the course of discussions over that breach, Mr Freeman told the committee of other roles he held with Ryse Hydrogen, Resume Foundation, Reform for Resilience and Haemcro, which he had not sought advice for.
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The UK government s anti-corruption watchdog has found that a former minister in Boris Johnson and David Cameron s governments broke the ministerial code by failing to declare his position with a PPE firm founded by a former government appointee.
George Freeman MP, who was a former Health Minister, failed to register with the watchdog before accepting work with a company seeking to sell protective equipment to the National Health Service during the coronavirus pandemic.
The company was founded by a former appointee of a government agency overseen by Freeman when he was a Health Minister.