Geoff Hoon - Revision history

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AgustaWestland 'bribe' allegations

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 *Manuela Mesco and Andy Rowell, SpinWatch, [http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/48-lobbying/5442-revolving-doors-revealed Revolving Doors Revealed], 26 July 2011
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+==References==
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-[[Category:Old Nottinghamians|Hoon, Geoff]][[Category:Arms Trade Revolving Door|Hoon, Geoff]][Category:Labour Party|Hoon, Geoff]]
+[[Category:Old Nottinghamians|Hoon, Geoff]][[Category:Arms Trade Revolving Door|Hoon, Geoff]][[Category:Labour Party|Hoon, Geoff]]

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 ==Revolving door controversy==
 ===Acoba approval===
-Hoon launched his own transport consultancy [[TaylorHoon Strategy]] in September 2010.<ref name="AgustaWestland"/>  The Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments [[ACOBA]] approved his plans, with fairly standard conditions:
+Hoon launched his own transport consultancy [[TaylorHoon Strategy]] in September 2010.<ref name="AgustaWestland"/>  The Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments [[ACOBA]] cleared his plans, with fairly standard conditions:
 :having left office over 12 months ago the Committee sees no reason why he should not immediately set up a consultancy, providing strategic advice to clients, subject to the conditions that for 2 years from his last day in office he should not draw on any privileged information that was available to him as a Minister, or undertake any work as a consultant which involves providing advice to any company or organisation on the terms of any bid or contract relating directly to the Department for Transport. Also for 2 years from his last day in office he should not become personally involved in lobbying UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers, on behalf of his clients. If during that period, the nature of the consultancy changes in any way from providing strategic advice to clients, he should seek further advice from the Committee".<ref> [http://acoba.independent.gov.uk/media/acoba/assets/acobatwelfthreport2010-2011.pdf Twelfth Report 2010-2011] ''Advisory Committee on Business Appointments'', accessed 3 December 2014 </ref>
-===AgustaWestland 'bribe' allegations===
+===AgustaWestland 'bribery' allegations===
 In May 2011 Hoon took up the role of executive senior vice-president of [[AgustaWestland]], responsible for sales of helicopters outside the UK and Italy. <ref name="AgustaWestland"/>.

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 ===Suspension from the Labour Party===
-In 2010 Hoon was suspended from the [[Labour Party]] after being secretly filmed by television programme ''Dispatches'' offering his consultancy services for £3000 a day. Hoon later issued an 'unreserved' apology for the filmed comments. <ref name="AgustaWestland"> [http://www.defencemanagement.com/news_story.asp?id=16324 Geoff Hoon joins AgustaWestland], defencemanagement.com, 17 May 2011, accessed 13 June 2011 </ref>
+In 2010 Hoon was suspended from the [[Labour Party]] after being secretly filmed by television programme ''Dispatches'' offering his consultancy services for £3000 a day. Hoon later issued an 'unreserved' apology for the filmed comments. <ref name="AgustaWestland"> [http://www.defencemanagement.com/news_story.asp?id=16324 Geoff Hoon joins AgustaWestland], defencemanagement.com, 17 May 2011, accessed 13 June 2011 </ref> Hoon had told Dispatches that:
 ===Human Rights complaint===

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−	{{Template:Revolving Door badge}}'''Geoff Hoon''' is a British [[Labour Party]] politician who served as the secretary of state for defence from 1999 until 2005. Other posts included transport secretary, leader of the [[House of Commons]] and government chief whip. [[Image:Geoff Hoon.jpg\|350px\|right\|thumb\|'''Geoff Hoon at the Pentagon, 12 February 2003. Source: US Department of Defense''']] He was the MP for Ashfield from 1992 until 2010, when a cash-for-access scandal forced him to resign.	+	{{Template:Revolving Door badge}}'''Geoff Hoon''' is a British [[Labour Party]] politician who served as the secretary of state for defence from 1999 until 2005. Other posts included transport secretary, leader of the [[House of Commons]] and government chief whip. [[Image:Geoff Hoon.jpg\|350px\|right\|thumb\|'''Geoff Hoon at the Pentagon, 12 February 2003. Source: US Department of Defense''']] He was the MP for Ashfield from 1992 until 2010, when a cash-for-access lobbying scandal forced him to resign.

	Hoon has worked in the defence sector since leaving parliament, mainly with helicopter manufacturer [[AgustaWestland]] which he joined in 2011. He stepped down as its international director in October 2016. <ref> [http://www.defenseworld.net/news/17377/Geoff_Hoon_To_Depart_AgustaWestland#.WbnX-tMjGRs Geoff Hoon to depart AgustaWestland], 17 October 2016, accessed 14 September 2017 </ref>		Hoon has worked in the defence sector since leaving parliament, mainly with helicopter manufacturer [[AgustaWestland]] which he joined in 2011. He stepped down as its international director in October 2016. <ref> [http://www.defenseworld.net/news/17377/Geoff_Hoon_To_Depart_AgustaWestland#.WbnX-tMjGRs Geoff Hoon to depart AgustaWestland], 17 October 2016, accessed 14 September 2017 </ref>

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 In May 2011 Hoon took up the role of executive senior vice-president of [[AgustaWestland]], responsible for sales of helicopters outside the UK and Italy. <ref name="AgustaWestland"/>.
-This proved controversial because Hoon, while defence minister, had landed several contracts with the company, one of them worth up to £1bn for 'FutureLynx' helicopters in 2005 just two months after AgustaWestland, had announced it would cut its 4000 West Country workforce by some 680. <ref> Mark Milner [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/mar/25/5 AgustaWestland given lifeline with MoD's £1bn order for Lynx], ''The Guardian'', 25 March 2005, Accessed 28 September 2016. </ref>
+This proved controversial because Hoon, while defence minister, had landed several contracts with the company. One was worth up to £1bn for 'FutureLynx' helicopters in 2005, awarded just two months after AgustaWestland had announced it would cut its 4000 West Country workforce by some 680. <ref> Mark Milner [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/mar/25/5 AgustaWestland given lifeline with MoD's £1bn order for Lynx], ''The Guardian'', 25 March 2005, Accessed 28 September 2016. </ref>
-AgustaWestland has also been involved in several scandals, facing repeated accusations of bribery and falsifying invoices in helicopter sales to India, Algeria, Sweden and South Korea. The company was charged with bribery, along with two of its top officials, by the Italian court. <ref> David Pallister, [http://www.exaronews.com/articles/5661/geoff-hoon-faces-further-corruption-challenge-at-westland Geoff Hoon faces further corrupt pressures at Agusta Westland], ''Exaronews'', 18 September 2015. </ref>
+AgustaWestland also has been involved in several scandals, facing repeated accusations of bribery and falsifying invoices in helicopter sales to India, Algeria, Sweden and South Korea. The company was charged with bribery, along with two of its top officials, by the Italian court. <ref> David Pallister, [http://www.exaronews.com/articles/5661/geoff-hoon-faces-further-corruption-challenge-at-westland Geoff Hoon faces further corrupt pressures at Agusta Westland], ''Exaronews'', 18 September 2015. </ref>
 As International Director Hoon was the face of AgustaWestland at international trade shows, speaking for the quality and performance of the helicopters while defending its ways to secure contracts. In an article for ''Defense World'', Vishwanath Patil suggests that, while Hoon might not have been directly involved in the unethical procedures of securing Agusta Westland contracts, 'his spirited defence of a company against which the Italian court has established charges of bribery [...] shows a surprisingly high level of conviction'. DefenseWorld noted that the UK government had not investigated either Agusta Westland or the individuals involved in the scandal, which it speculated indicated the level of influence Hoon could still be holding on the UK government. <ref> Vishwanath Patil [http://www.defenseworld.net/feature/6/Leads_To_Agustawestland_Bribery_Case_May_Lie_In_The_UK#.V-t-8lo9GQs Leads To Agustawestland Bribery Case May Lie In The UK], ''DefenseWorld.net'',  May 7, 2016. Accessed 28 September 2016. </ref>

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 ===AgustaWestland 'bribe' allegations===
-In May 2011 Hoon took up the role of executive senior vice-president of international business helicopter firm [[AgustaWestland]], responsible for sales of helicopters outside the UK and Italy. <ref name="AgustaWestland"/>.
+In May 2011 Hoon took up the role of executive senior vice-president of [[AgustaWestland]], responsible for sales of helicopters outside the UK and Italy. <ref name="AgustaWestland"/>.
-This proved controversial because Hoon as defence minister had landed several contracts with the company, one worth up to £1bn for 'FutureLynx' helicopters in 2005, two months after AgustaWestland had said that it was cutting its 4000 West Country workforce by some 680. <ref> Mark Milner [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/mar/25/5 AgustaWestland given lifeline with MoD's £1bn order for Lynx], ''The Guardian'', 25 March 2005, Accessed 28 September 2016. </ref>
+This proved controversial because Hoon, while defence minister, had landed several contracts with the company, one of them worth up to £1bn for 'FutureLynx' helicopters in 2005 just two months after AgustaWestland, had announced it would cut its 4000 West Country workforce by some 680. <ref> Mark Milner [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/mar/25/5 AgustaWestland given lifeline with MoD's £1bn order for Lynx], ''The Guardian'', 25 March 2005, Accessed 28 September 2016. </ref>
-AgustaWestland has also been involved in several scandals, facing repeated accusations of bribery and falsifying invoices in helicopter sales to India, Algeria, Sweden and South Korea. It was charged with bribery, along with two of its top officials, by the Italian court. <ref> David Pallister, [http://www.exaronews.com/articles/5661/geoff-hoon-faces-further-corruption-challenge-at-westland Geoff Hoon faces further corrupt pressures at Agusta Westland], ''Exaronews'', 18 September 2015. </ref>
+AgustaWestland has also been involved in several scandals, facing repeated accusations of bribery and falsifying invoices in helicopter sales to India, Algeria, Sweden and South Korea. The company was charged with bribery, along with two of its top officials, by the Italian court. <ref> David Pallister, [http://www.exaronews.com/articles/5661/geoff-hoon-faces-further-corruption-challenge-at-westland Geoff Hoon faces further corrupt pressures at Agusta Westland], ''Exaronews'', 18 September 2015. </ref>
-After Hoon became International Director he was the face of the company at international trade shows, speaking for the quality and performance of the helicopters while defending its ways to secure contracts. In an article for ''Defense World'', Vishwanath Patil suggests that, while he might not have been directly involved in the unethical procedures of securing Agusta Westland contracts, 'his spirited defence of a company against which the Italian court has established charges of bribery [...] shows a surprisingly high level of conviction'. It noted that the UK government had not investigated either Agusta Westland or the individuals involved in the scandal, which it speculated indicated the level of influence Hoon could still be holding on the UK Government. <ref> Vishwanath Patil [http://www.defenseworld.net/feature/6/Leads_To_Agustawestland_Bribery_Case_May_Lie_In_The_UK#.V-t-8lo9GQs Leads To Agustawestland Bribery Case May Lie In The UK], ''DefenseWorld.net'',  May 7, 2016. Accessed 28 September 2016. </ref>
+As International Director Hoon was the face of AgustaWestland at international trade shows, speaking for the quality and performance of the helicopters while defending its ways to secure contracts. In an article for ''Defense World'', Vishwanath Patil suggests that, while Hoon might not have been directly involved in the unethical procedures of securing Agusta Westland contracts, 'his spirited defence of a company against which the Italian court has established charges of bribery [...] shows a surprisingly high level of conviction'. DefenseWorld noted that the UK government had not investigated either Agusta Westland or the individuals involved in the scandal, which it speculated indicated the level of influence Hoon could still be holding on the UK government. <ref> Vishwanath Patil [http://www.defenseworld.net/feature/6/Leads_To_Agustawestland_Bribery_Case_May_Lie_In_The_UK#.V-t-8lo9GQs Leads To Agustawestland Bribery Case May Lie In The UK], ''DefenseWorld.net'',  May 7, 2016. Accessed 28 September 2016. </ref>
-From 1 January 2016, the activities of AgustaWestland were merged into Leonardo-Finmeccanica's Helicopter Sector, and he became Managing International Director.
+From 1 January 2016, the activities of AgustaWestland were merged into [[Leonardo-Finmeccanica]]'s Helicopter Sector, of which Hoon became Managing International Director until he stepped down in late 2016.
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−	{{Template:Revolving Door badge}}'''Geoff Hoon''' is a British [[Labour Party]] politician who served as the secretary of state for defence from 1999 until 2005. Other posts included transport secretary, leader of the [[House of Commons]] and government chief whip. [[Image:Geoff Hoon.jpg\|350px\|right\|thumb\|'''Geoff Hoon at the Pentagon, 12 February 2003. Source: US Department of Defense''']] He was the ~~member of Parliament~~ for Ashfield from 1992 until 2010, when a cash-for-access scandal forced him to resign.	+	{{Template:Revolving Door badge}}'''Geoff Hoon''' is a British [[Labour Party]] politician who served as the secretary of state for defence from 1999 until 2005. Other posts included transport secretary, leader of the [[House of Commons]] and government chief whip. [[Image:Geoff Hoon.jpg\|350px\|right\|thumb\|'''Geoff Hoon at the Pentagon, 12 February 2003. Source: US Department of Defense''']] He was the MP for Ashfield from 1992 until 2010, when a cash-for-access scandal forced him to resign.

	Hoon has worked in the defence sector since leaving parliament, mainly with helicopter manufacturer [[AgustaWestland]] which he joined in 2011. He stepped down as its international director in October 2016. <ref> [http://www.defenseworld.net/news/17377/Geoff_Hoon_To_Depart_AgustaWestland#.WbnX-tMjGRs Geoff Hoon to depart AgustaWestland], 17 October 2016, accessed 14 September 2017 </ref>		Hoon has worked in the defence sector since leaving parliament, mainly with helicopter manufacturer [[AgustaWestland]] which he joined in 2011. He stepped down as its international director in October 2016. <ref> [http://www.defenseworld.net/news/17377/Geoff_Hoon_To_Depart_AgustaWestland#.WbnX-tMjGRs Geoff Hoon to depart AgustaWestland], 17 October 2016, accessed 14 September 2017 </ref>

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:48, 14 September 2017
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−	{{Template:Revolving Door badge}}'''Geoff Hoon''' is a British [[Labour Party]] politician who served as the secretary of state for defence from 1999 until 2005. Other posts included transport secretary, leader of the [[House of Commons]] and government chief whip. [[Image:Geoff Hoon.jpg\|350px\|right\|thumb\|'''Geoff Hoon at the Pentagon, 12 February 2003. Source: US Department of Defense''']]. He ~~served as~~ the member of ~~parliament~~ for Ashfield from 1992 to 2010, when a cash-for-access forced him to resign.	+	{{Template:Revolving Door badge}}'''Geoff Hoon''' is a British [[Labour Party]] politician who served as the secretary of state for defence from 1999 until 2005. Other posts included transport secretary, leader of the [[House of Commons]] and government chief whip. [[Image:Geoff Hoon.jpg\|350px\|right\|thumb\|'''Geoff Hoon at the Pentagon, 12 February 2003. Source: US Department of Defense''']] He was the member of Parliament for Ashfield from 1992 until 2010, when a cash-for-access scandal forced him to resign.

	Hoon has worked in the defence sector since leaving parliament, mainly with helicopter manufacturer [[AgustaWestland]] which he joined in 2011. He stepped down as its international director in October 2016. <ref> [http://www.defenseworld.net/news/17377/Geoff_Hoon_To_Depart_AgustaWestland#.WbnX-tMjGRs Geoff Hoon to depart AgustaWestland], 17 October 2016, accessed 14 September 2017 </ref>		Hoon has worked in the defence sector since leaving parliament, mainly with helicopter manufacturer [[AgustaWestland]] which he joined in 2011. He stepped down as its international director in October 2016. <ref> [http://www.defenseworld.net/news/17377/Geoff_Hoon_To_Depart_AgustaWestland#.WbnX-tMjGRs Geoff Hoon to depart AgustaWestland], 17 October 2016, accessed 14 September 2017 </ref>