NEW: The Tory MP who chairs the health select committee lobbied the NHS Chief Exec and ministers on behalf of a company paying him £1,600 a month.
Steve Brine told Michael Gove in February 2021 he had been “trying for months” to get work for his employer.
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Steve Brine told Michael Gove in February 2021 he had been “trying for months” to get work for his employer.
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At the time Remedium, a recruitment consultancy, had been paying Brine as a “strategic adviser” at a rate of £200/hour
But he was frustrated the NHS had not used its services to hire anaesthetists, telling Gove: “How might I progress this or does the NHS just not need the help?”
But he was frustrated the NHS had not used its services to hire anaesthetists, telling Gove: “How might I progress this or does the NHS just not need the help?”
Brine could have broken two sets of lobbying rules — the Cabinet Office Business Appointment Rules and the MPs’ Code of Conduct.
He was told specifically by ACOBA he should not use “Government and/or Whitehall contacts…to secure business on behalf of Remedium Partners”.
He was told specifically by ACOBA he should not use “Government and/or Whitehall contacts…to secure business on behalf of Remedium Partners”.
It was previously reported that Brine lobbied Hancock for Remedium when he was paid on an ad-hoc basis, but the messages reveal it continued when he was being paid monthly.
The Code of Conduct says MPs cannot lobby for the benefit of a firm within six months of being paid.
The Code of Conduct says MPs cannot lobby for the benefit of a firm within six months of being paid.
His requests for assistance from the Department of Health were so frequent on a number of topics, one of Matt Hancock’s special advisers branded him a “nob”.
Allan Nixon said he had been “chasing my tail trying to sort loads of stuff for him”.
Allan Nixon said he had been “chasing my tail trying to sort loads of stuff for him”.
Brine has since been elected chair of the Health and Social Care select committee.
He told us no business resulted from his messages and he was “responding in the national interest to an urgent public call from Ministers and the NHS in a national crisis”.
He told us no business resulted from his messages and he was “responding in the national interest to an urgent public call from Ministers and the NHS in a national crisis”.
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