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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Liam James

Tory peer ‘paid £3,000 after offering to open doors for Covid sanitiser firm’

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A hereditary Conservative peer offered to “open doors” in government for a company producing Covid-19 sanitising products, according to a report.

The Earl of Shrewsbury – full name Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot – was investigated earlier this year by the House of Lords standards commissioner over accusations he failed to register an interest in SpectrumX, a healthcare company incorporated in 2020.

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