The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has opened an investigation into Housing Minister, Rachel Maclean, just as David Mundell was found to have breached the rules. Maclean is being investigated for her “Use of facilities [parliamentary email address] provided from the public purse”. Meanwhile, Mundell made the mistake of sending out a newsletter covering a range of issues – which is prohibited by stationery rules. The claim is not being taken further after he apologised and reimbursed the £1,359 cost. A slap on the wrist.
The EGM vote for the Qatar APPG chairmanship – sparked following the death of Sir David Amess – turned into a Scotland vs Wales nail-biter, with former secretary of state Alun Cairns beating former secretary of state David Mundell by just one vote at 46-45. The tally took quite a long time to count up as many of the 91 MPs attempting to vote didn’t know how to update to the latest version of Zoom. Apparently leading to dozens of confused Members sending in their votes via frenzied WhatsApps and emails…
What’s surprising is just how many MPs actually showed up to the vote. Usually an APPG AGM would struggle to attract one to two dozen MPs – 91 turning up for the Qatar group’s is extraordinary. As one MP wryly observed, it’s almost as if there’s a World Cup in Qatar coming up this winter…
Oliver Mundell was expelled from the Scottish Parliament this afternoon after accusing Nicola Sturgeon of lying to the chamber over the Alex Salmond enquiry. Mundell was given two opportunities to withdraw the comment and refused to on both counts. As entertaining a scene as Holyrood could hope of mustering…
David Mundell tells The Times…
“I expect Christmas to take place.”
EXCLUSIVE: Watch @DavidMundellDCT hit out at @DominicRaab's resignation, calling him a "carpet bagger" and says he himself won't resign. pic.twitter.com/IMEXIYJPHZ
— Representing Border (@ITVBorderRB) November 15, 2018
Punchy from the Scotland Secretary, calling Raab a “carpet bagger”. Can safely lower odds on Mundell resigning…
Theresa May’s Brexit headache has got another notch worse with the arrival of a letter from all thirteen Scottish Tory MPs, including Scottish Secretary David Mundell, explicitly reaffirming their red lines on UK fishing rights post Brexit. It includes a stark warning against “becoming an independent coastal state in name only“, and makes clear that Scottish Tory MPs “could not support an agreement with the EU that would prevent the UK from independently negotiating access and quota shares.” Not a good sign for Downing Street that Mundell, a Cabinet minister who has had access to the actual text, has signed it…
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