Environment Sec George Eustice says there is "nothing wrong" with ministers like Matt Hancock having financial interests in companies as long as they have no role in procuring for the govt from those companies #ridge
Pressed on whether the rules around lobbying & conflicts of interest are tight enough, George Eustice says there "may come a time when it's right to consider tweaks to policy". But adds the rules as they stand are pretty good #ridge
George Eustice says the Boardman review will be a fact-finding exercise and will not make policy recommendations but adds "if there is a general view in parliament that the rules needs to be changed, then that is a question of policy" #ridge
George Eustice, former press sec to David Cameron, says the ex-PM "meticulously observed" the rules on not taking lobbying jobs within two years of leaving office and adds he doesn't think he took advantage of the rules #ridge
But Eustice suggests he didn't act entirely properly, pointing out that David Cameron himself has said that he should have approached ministers in a more formal way #ridge
Environment Sec George Eustice says the "biggest threat" to the UK vaccine programme is the emergence of a variant that can get round the jab, which is why the govt is "proceeding with caution" #ridge
On why India is not on the red list, given the presence of a variant there, George Eustice says this is not a question of politics over science adding that there is an expert committee that looks very closely at the red list and "makes recommendations" #ridge
George Eustice also says the PM's upcoming trip to India "is appropriate" adding that "public health does come first but that doesn't mean there shouldn't be any visits for business purposes" #ridge
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