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

Tory peer cleared for second time of breaking lobbying rules over PPE contracts

Lord Chadlington
Chadlington’s lawyers say that ‘as far as our client is concerned, this matter is now closed’. Photograph: Nick Harvey/Getty for Cartier

A Conservative peer has been cleared of breaking lobbying rules for a second time by the House of Lords watchdog over introducing a company that was awarded government PPE contracts worth £50m.

The watchdog had been asked to reopen his investigation into Lord Chadlington after it emerged that there was an exchange with the government that had not been fully provided to his first inquiry.

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