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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rob Evans and Henry Dyer

Tory peer apologises for helping set up ministerial meeting for firm he advises

Ian Duncan
Ian Duncan has been an adviser to Terrestrial Energy since 2020. Photograph: Roger Harris/UK Parliament

A Conservative peer has apologised for breaking the House of Lords rules by helping to secure a meeting with a minister for a Canadian company he advises.

Ian Duncan, a deputy speaker of the Lords, was found to have breached the rules by providing a parliamentary service for Terrestrial Energy when he facilitated an introduction between its chief executive and a new energy minister.

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