Sayeeda Warsi
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Sayeeda Warsi (Baroness Warsi) is Minister Without Portfolio in the UK Cabinet[1] and Chair of the Conservative Party.
Investigation into expense claims and breaches of ministers' code
In June 2012 the House of Lords Standards Commissioner Paul Kernaghan launched a formal investigation into Baroness Warsi's expenses claims. She is facing allegations that she claimed for accommodation expenses while staying at the house of her friend, Tory official Naweed Khan rent-free in 2008. Khan is now her special adviser. At the time, she claimed Lords' subsistence of £165.50 a night.
A separate inquiry was ordered by the Prime Minister David Cameron into whether she breached the ministerial code when she was accompanied by a business partner on an official visit to Pakistan. [2]
Resources
- Telegraph reporters, Standards watchdog opens probe into Baroness Warsi's expenses, 06 Jun 2012
- James Kirkup, David Cameron's 'bizarre' decision to investigate Sayeeda Warsi but not Jeremy Hunt, 05 Jun 2012
Notes
- ↑ Her Majesty’s Government, Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.
- ↑ Telegraph reporters, Standards watchdog opens probe into Baroness Warsi's expenses, 06 Jun 2012
