Mike Kane
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EU Referendum (Privy Council)
Mike Kane Excerpts(8 years, 1 month ago)
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Chris Grayling
If I understand it correctly, Buckingham Palace is complaining about the story in the newspaper, and the proper body to investigate a complaint of that kind is the Independent Press Standards Organisation.
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East) (Lab)
The Prime Minister has described the situation as “very serious”. Does the Leader of the House agree with him that it is very serious if a member of the Privy Council has breached confidential codes and been the source for The Sun story? If he does, why is he not launching his own investigation?
Chris Grayling
If I understand it correctly, the serious issue is about the story in the newspaper, which is being investigated, but my predecessor, the former Lord President of the Council, has said that the story is categorically untrue.