Sentences with phrase «breach of the ministerial code»

Cameron did not call upon Mawer, even though he was appointed to offer independent advice on possible breaches of ministerial codes.

At the start of last month he signalled the abolition of the new (and abused) communications allowance, the closure of the parliamentary pension scheme to new MPs and tougher investigation of breaches of the ministerial code.

However, by abstaining we have neither demonstrated the courage of our convictions and abided by collective responsibility, nor been brave and pushed Jeremy Hunt closer to the cliff edge for what could be a very serious breach of the ministerial code.

The prime minister would not be drawn on whether Lib Dem ministers would be deemed to be in breach of the ministerial code if they voted against what was at the outset a government - agreed measure.

Fox apologised to MPs after Sir Gus O'Donnell ruled that he was guilty of multiple breaches of the ministerial code for a «blurring of lines» between his official and private responsibilities.

But Mr Miliband said it was not the job of the Leveson Inquiry to investigate alleged breaches of the ministerial code.

Andrew Mitchell, a former cabinet minister, said: «These two admitted breaches of the ministerial code are dwarfed by the extraordinary behaviour of the police.»

The Prime Minister accepts it was a minor breach of the ministerial code and calls Baroness Warsi «a great asset».

Labour is accusing Mr Hunt of three specific breaches of the ministerial code: failing to take responsibility for the behaviour of a social adviser, failing to provide «accurate and truthful» information to parliament and giving advance details of a parliamentary statement to News Corp before the Commons had been informed.

Mr Miliband cited three breaches of the ministerial code by Mr Hunt when his office engaged in communications with News Corp during its bid for BSkyB.

Andrew RT Davies has called on Carwyn Jones to refer the matter to the independent adviser who's been appointed to investigate potential breaches of the ministerial code.

No civil servants were present at the meeting — an apparent breach of the ministerial code.

Report by select committee says government ignored its own independent adviser on possible breaches of ministerial code

Although he acknowledged his mistake, he had to face the Commons just 10 days later and resign, for a serious breach of the ministerial code.

Asked if Patel's secret meetings were in breach of the ministerial code, Duncan Smith then did his best to find an imaginative excuse for his colleague.

Regardless, before the day was out Theresa May had announced there would be an investigation into whether Garnier's actions amounted to a breach of the ministerial code.

He faces an investigation by Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, for a possible breach of the ministerial code.

«PASC has previously made clear that the prime minister's adviser on ministerial interests should not have to depend on a referral from the prime minister in order to determine whether or not there has been a breach of the ministerial code,» he said.

That was a breach of the ministerial code.

Although the inquiry by Sue Gray, the director general of the propriety and ethics team, found Maltby to be «plausible», Gray found one breach of the ministerial code — his outright denials when a Sunday newspaper reported that pornography had been found on his computer.

Sir Alistair Graham, former chairman of the committee on standards in public life, said the meeting appeared to be a breach of the ministerial code.

Indeed, I think it was almost certainly a breach of the ministerial code that he was not employed,» he said.

«For me what was important was obviously the cabinet secretary's report, which was endorsed by Sir Alex Allan, was clear that there had been breaches of the ministerial code.

If he thinks there has been a prima facie case of a breach of the ministerial code, it should go straight to the independent adviser.»

That the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards should investigate breaches of the ministerial code.

But for lying about the presence of porn on a parliamentary computer in his office — a breach of the ministerial code.

The motion to refer the culture secretary for a breach of the ministerial code was Labour just toying with the coalition anyway — nothing the Lib Dems could have done would have made them immune to attack.

There is more than enough evidence to warrant an investigation into a possible breach of the ministerial code or a potential misleading of Parliament and, if it was enough to refer Warsi for investigation on the mere whisper of a scandal, then after the wave of texts, emails, phonecalls and the resignation of a special adviser whose conduct he was responsible for, surely Hunt, too, should have been referred?

Separately, Mann has written to Sir Philip Mawer, the independent adviser on ministerial interests, demanding he launch an investigation into Howarth's meeting with Crouch and Werritty, to establish whether there has been a breach of the ministerial code.