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| − | + | '''Laurence Robertson''' has been the UK [[Conservative Party]] MP for Tewkesbury since 1997. | |
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| + | ==Background== | ||
| + | Robertson has served as: Opposition Whip (Commons) 2001-03, Shadow Minister (Trade and Industry) 2003-03, Shadow Minister (Treasury) 2003-05, Shadow Minister (Northern Ireland) 2005-10.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-laurence-robertson/253 Mr Laurence Robertson], www.parliament.uk, accessed 25 November 2013.</ref> | ||
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| + | In the 2015 general election, Robertson was re-elected with a majority of 21,972. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-laurence-robertson/253 Laurence Robertson] ''parliament.uk'', accessed 12 November 2015 </ref> | ||
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| + | ==Outside parliamentary earnings== | ||
| + | In 2010 Robertson declared consultancy work for [[Westminster Parliamentary Research]]. The MPs' secretaries register of interests shows that he later sponsored the firm's owner [[Jennifer Bryant-Pearson]] for a parliamentary pass. | ||
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| + | Guido Fawkes reported in March 2016 that: | ||
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| + | :Robertson has been paid £10,000-a-year since 2013 for his position on the board of Veolia Environmental Services. Veolia are one of the main clients of JBP Public Relations, the lobbying company run by Bryant-Pearson. So not only did the pass-carrying lobbyist employ Robertson, her major client still does. Crucially, Robertson sponsored Bryant-Pearson for a pass while he was in the pay of her client. Robertson tells Guido: | ||
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| + | :“Ms Bryant-Pearson carried out work supporting [[All Party Groups]], secretarial duties, publicity, arranging and attending meetings and translation services.” | ||
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| + | :Lobbyists were banned from having parliamentary passes through work on APPGs in 2013. Yet Robertson gave Bryant-Pearson a pass until 2015. Guido has asked Robertson if he denies this is a case of cash-for-access, and what “secretarial duties” this chief executive of a lobbying company carried out. He has yet to reply… | ||
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| + | ==Affiliations== | ||
| + | *Chair of the [[Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee]] | ||
| + | *[[All Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy]] | ||
| + | *Treasurer of [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria]]<ref name="November">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/151113/nigeria.htm Nigeria APPG], ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 19 November 2015</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Veolia]] board member | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 03:20, 9 March 2016
Laurence Robertson has been the UK Conservative Party MP for Tewkesbury since 1997.
Background
Robertson has served as: Opposition Whip (Commons) 2001-03, Shadow Minister (Trade and Industry) 2003-03, Shadow Minister (Treasury) 2003-05, Shadow Minister (Northern Ireland) 2005-10.[1]
In the 2015 general election, Robertson was re-elected with a majority of 21,972. [2]
Outside parliamentary earnings
In 2010 Robertson declared consultancy work for Westminster Parliamentary Research. The MPs' secretaries register of interests shows that he later sponsored the firm's owner Jennifer Bryant-Pearson for a parliamentary pass.
Guido Fawkes reported in March 2016 that:
- Robertson has been paid £10,000-a-year since 2013 for his position on the board of Veolia Environmental Services. Veolia are one of the main clients of JBP Public Relations, the lobbying company run by Bryant-Pearson. So not only did the pass-carrying lobbyist employ Robertson, her major client still does. Crucially, Robertson sponsored Bryant-Pearson for a pass while he was in the pay of her client. Robertson tells Guido:
- “Ms Bryant-Pearson carried out work supporting All Party Groups, secretarial duties, publicity, arranging and attending meetings and translation services.”
- Lobbyists were banned from having parliamentary passes through work on APPGs in 2013. Yet Robertson gave Bryant-Pearson a pass until 2015. Guido has asked Robertson if he denies this is a case of cash-for-access, and what “secretarial duties” this chief executive of a lobbying company carried out. He has yet to reply…
Affiliations
- Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee
- All Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy
- Treasurer of All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria[3]
- Veolia board member
Notes
- ↑ Mr Laurence Robertson, www.parliament.uk, accessed 25 November 2013.
- ↑ Laurence Robertson parliament.uk, accessed 12 November 2015
- ↑ Nigeria APPG, www.parliament.uk, accessed 19 November 2015
