Lewis Moonie
Lewis Moonie is a former Labour MP for Kircaldy (winner of seat in 1992, 1997 and 2001), and was Parliamentary under-secretary, Ministry of Defence until his resignation in 2003. [1]. He is now a Consultant for Sovereign Strategy; director for Mining Technology and director of AEA Technology [2]. He became Baron Moonie of Fife in May 2005.
His appointment as a director of Sovereign Strategy attracted attention, as both Alan Milburn and Moonie were fast-tracked by a government appointments watchdog to take up work with the Labour-donating lobbying company. Unusually, Sovereign Strategy is not a member of the lobbyists' professional body, the Association of Professional Political Consultants, which has a code of conduct not to employ or pay any MP, peer or MEP [3].
When Moonie was defence minister he approved the conditions of the sale of QinetiQ which allowed the company and directors John Chisholm and Graham Love to make vast sums of money. John Chisholm turned an investment of £129,000 into £22 million when part of QinetiQ was sold privately in 2006, while Graham Love managed to turn a £108,000 investment into £18 million pounds. [4]
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References
- ↑ Lewis Moonie 'Aristotle MP profile, Accessed 1st August 2007
- ↑ Register of MPs 'Interests - Baron Lewis Moonie, Accessed 1st August 2007
- ↑ The Guardian 'Ex-ministers cleared to work for lobbying firm, Accessed 1st August 2007
- ↑ David Hencke, Guardian 21st November 2007, page 4, Auditors condem rushed MoD sale that turned civil servants into multimillionaires
