Sentences with phrase «conservative former international development secretary»
Speaking on the Sunday Politics show, Conservative former International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said the claims about SCL were «absolutely appalling» and «run totally counter to the policy of the British government in promoting free and fair elections in the developing world».
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The chief whip and former international development secretary apologised, met members of the Police Federation and avoided the Conservative party's autumn conference in Birmingham, but was finally forced to resign as public anger about his rant — and what it said about the ruling Conservatives — forced him to quit.
The delegation included former Conservative International Development Minister, Sir Alan Duncan MP, former Conservative Secretary of State for Wales, Rt Hon David Jones MP, Labour MPs Sarah Champion and Paula Sherriff, Scottish National Party (SNP) MP John Nicolson and Liberal Democrat Peer, Lord Purvis of Tweed.
«Registers must be open — to civil society, the media, journalists, non-governmental organisations — if all the relevant dots are to be joined up, as the release of the Paradise Papers so clearly shows,» said Andrew Mitchell, a Conservative MP and former secretary of state for international development.