New Tory Minister’s Bio-tech and Agri-Business Lobbying Past Questioned

Posted on May 14, 2010 in blog, Caroline Spelman, frontpage, projects The Sunlight Centre today wrote to the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs regarding the conflict of interest arising from the appointment of Caroline Spelman MP as the Secretary for State for the department. Until last year Spelman co-owned Spelman, Cormack & Associates, a food and biotechnology lobbying firm she set up in 1989 with her husband, Mr...
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Simon Cawte’s declaration in the register of interests

Posted on Jun 4, 2009 in Caroline Spelman, Expenses, projects Blue shaded area represents time when Simon Cawte became Chief of Staff to the Conservative Party Chairman upon Caroline Spelman’s appointment. Since this is a party political post he should have come off her Parliamentary Staffing...
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