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

Watchdog investigates Tory peer over nuclear firm’s meeting with minister

Photographic portrait of Lord Duncan of Springbank with graphic treatment in red and gold
Lord Duncan of Springbank denies breaching rules when he helped arrange a meeting for Canada’s Terrestrial Energy. Composite: Guardian Design/PA/Alamy/UK Parliament

The House of Lords watchdog has launched an investigation into a Conservative peer who helped to secure a meeting with a government minister for a Canadian nuclear technology company he was advising.

The watchdog will examine evidence that Ian Duncan potentially breached parliamentary rules when he facilitated an introduction between the minister and the company’s chief executive while he was on the company’s advisory board.

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