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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
David Conn and Rob Evans

Call for watchdog to reinvestigate Tory peer over possible PPE lobbying breach

Lord Chadlington
Lord Chadlington’s lawyers have provided more details about the introduction of the company than the peer provided to the initial inquiry. Photograph: David M Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Action on Addiction

The House of Lords conduct watchdog has been asked to reopen an investigation into whether the Conservative peer Lord Chadlington may have breached lobbying rules when he introduced a company that was awarded PPE contracts worth £50m.

The Labour peer George Foulkes has called for the reinvestigation, suggesting the commissioner appears to have been misled by Chadlington, whose real name is Peter Gummer, after the Guardian reported new details about the introduction of the healthcare agency SG Recruitment.

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