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| − | '''Patricia Hewitt''' (born 02 December 1948, Canberra) has been the Member of Parliament for Leicester West since 1997. She was appointed as Minister for Small Business and e-Commerce at the Department of Trade and Industry (1999-2001) before becoming Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in 2001. Most recently, she served as Secretary of State for Health from May 2005 – June 2007.<ref>Hewitt, Patricia, [http://www.patriciahewitt.org.uk/ About Patricia Hewitt], accessed 25 November 2008.</ref> | + | {{Template:Revolving Door badge}}[[File:Patricia Hewitt, Flickr.jpg|right||thumb|200px|Patricia Hewitt]] '''Patricia Hewitt''' (born 02 December 1948, Canberra) has been the Member of Parliament for Leicester West since 1997. She was appointed as Minister for Small Business and e-Commerce at the Department of Trade and Industry (1999-2001) before becoming Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in 2001. Most recently, she served as Secretary of State for Health from May 2005 – June 2007.<ref>Hewitt, Patricia, [http://www.patriciahewitt.org.uk/ About Patricia Hewitt], accessed 25 November 2008.</ref> |
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*Special Consultant,<ref>Costello, Miles, "[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article3545475.ece BT snares former minister Patricia Hewitt]," ''Times'', 13 March 2008, accessed 25 November 2008.</ref> [[Alliance Boots]] (http://www.allianceboots.com/) - International chemist chain | *Special Consultant,<ref>Costello, Miles, "[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article3545475.ece BT snares former minister Patricia Hewitt]," ''Times'', 13 March 2008, accessed 25 November 2008.</ref> [[Alliance Boots]] (http://www.allianceboots.com/) - International chemist chain | ||
| − | * | + | *Senior Adviser,<ref>[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article3545475.ece Times Online website, "BT snares former minister Patricia Hewitt," by Miles Costello, 13 March 2008], accessed 25 November 2008.</ref> [[Cinven]] (http://www.cinven.com/) - Private equity firm. On a salary of 55,00<ref> Polly Curtis [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/17/labour-ministers-consultancy-private-sector Former Labour ministers rushing to take private sector jobs, report finds] ''The Guardian'', 17 May 2011, accessed 5 November 2014 </ref> |
| − | * | + | *Chair of the [[UK India Business Council]] ([[UKIBC]]) board<ref name="UKIBC"> [http://www.ukibc.com/ukibc/about_ukibc/India_board/patricia_hewitt.aspx Patricia Hewitt] ''UK India Business Council'', accessed 5 November 2014 </ref> |
| + | *Non-executive director of [[EuroTunnel]]<ref name="UKIBC"/> | ||
| + | *Member of the International Advisory Board of [[Sutherland Global Services]]<ref name="UKIBC"/> | ||
| + | *Member of the UK government's [[Asia Task Force]]<ref name="UKIBC"/> | ||
| + | *An active supporter of [[Katha]], an NGO that is transforming the lives of children and their families in Delhi's slums.<ref name="UKIBC"/> | ||
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| + | ===Former affiliations=== | ||
| + | *Non-executive Director,<ref>[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article3545475.ece Times Online website, "BT snares former minister Patricia Hewitt," by Miles Costello, 13 March 2008], accessed 25 November 2008.</ref> [[BT]] (http://www.bt.com/) - Communications company, March 2008-March 2014<ref name="UKIBC"/> | ||
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Patricia Hewitt (born 02 December 1948, Canberra) has been the Member of Parliament for Leicester West since 1997. She was appointed as Minister for Small Business and e-Commerce at the Department of Trade and Industry (1999-2001) before becoming Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in 2001. Most recently, she served as Secretary of State for Health from May 2005 – June 2007.[1]
Contents
Patricia’s five ways to meet a Minister
In the Dispatches programme ‘Politicians for Hire’, broadcast on 22 March 2010, Dispatches set up a fictional US public affairs company and contacted Hewitt and several senior politicians asking them if they were interested in a position on the advisory board in their London office. Hewitt attended a bogus interview and outlined to the undercover reporter five ways in which corporations could gain access to a serving Minister of State:
(1) Wining and dining
“You know when I was Business Secretary I would cheerfully accept hospitality initiations, for instance, because it was just a really useful way of getting to know business leaders rather better. Gordon is pretty against all of that.”
(2) The think-tank route
“Now the think tank and the seminar route I think is a very good one and will remain a good one and so identifying the right think-tank. Policy Exchange is a good one at the moment, Demos is another good one. And saying ok, does that think tank already have a relationship with Minister X? Can we invite Minister X to give a seminar on this subject? Your client would then sponsor the seminar and you do it via the think-tank. And that’s very useful, because what you get for your sponsorship is basically you sit next to the Minister.”
(3) Sponsor a Party Conference event
“Is a classic one, increasingly crowded for the Conservatives at the moment. A bit un-crowded for Labour last year, it used to be the reverse.”
(4) Direct invitation
“Sometimes you know just a direct invitation to have you know we want to come and see you about X will sometimes work.”
(5) Establish a presence in the Minister’s constituency
“So depending on the company if they’ve got a presence in some part of the country or there’s some link and then that fits with where roughly speaking where a Minister’s constituency is … that can be a more subtle route in … and doesn’t get trapped by the officials.” [2]
Affiliations
- Special Consultant,[3] Alliance Boots (http://www.allianceboots.com/) - International chemist chain
- Senior Adviser,[4] Cinven (http://www.cinven.com/) - Private equity firm. On a salary of 55,00[5]
- Chair of the UK India Business Council (UKIBC) board[6]
- Non-executive director of EuroTunnel[6]
- Member of the International Advisory Board of Sutherland Global Services[6]
- Member of the UK government's Asia Task Force[6]
- An active supporter of Katha, an NGO that is transforming the lives of children and their families in Delhi's slums.[6]
Former affiliations
- Non-executive Director,[7] BT (http://www.bt.com/) - Communications company, March 2008-March 2014[6]
Notes
Resources
- Costello, Miles, "BT snares former minister Patricia Hewitt," Times, 13 March 2008, accessed 25 November 2008.
- Hewitt, Patricia, About Patricia Hewitt, accessed 25 November 2008.
- Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts," The Sunday Times, 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.
Notes and References
- ↑ Hewitt, Patricia, About Patricia Hewitt, accessed 25 November 2008.
- ↑ Patricia Hewitt. Interview. In: Dispatches, ‘Politicians for Hire’, Channel 4, 22 March 2010, 20:00 hrs.
- ↑ Costello, Miles, "BT snares former minister Patricia Hewitt," Times, 13 March 2008, accessed 25 November 2008.
- ↑ Times Online website, "BT snares former minister Patricia Hewitt," by Miles Costello, 13 March 2008, accessed 25 November 2008.
- ↑ Polly Curtis Former Labour ministers rushing to take private sector jobs, report finds The Guardian, 17 May 2011, accessed 5 November 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Patricia Hewitt UK India Business Council, accessed 5 November 2014
- ↑ Times Online website, "BT snares former minister Patricia Hewitt," by Miles Costello, 13 March 2008, accessed 25 November 2008.
