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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Mikey Smith

New Tory Health Committee chair was rapped by lobbying watchdog over pharma job

A Tory who was rapped by Westminster's lobbying watchdog over outside jobs with pharma firms has been named chair of the Health Select Committee.

The Mirror revealed in January that ex-health minister Steve Brine made £200-an-hour giving 'strategic advice' to drug firm Sigma without first checking with the Advisory Body on Business Appointments (ACOBA).

And last February, Mr Brine arranged a meeting between Sigma and then-Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi.

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