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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 26 November 2025

Debate

Ministerial Code

Contribution

My Lords, in the foreword to the latest version of the Ministerial Code, the Prime Minister says: “Restoring trust in politics is the great test of our era”, but despite agreeing with his Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards that he would play no role in football matters, he was sent, and responded to, a submission appointing as chairman of the new football regulator David Kogan, a man who had made political donations not just to his Labour leadership campaign but to his general election campaign last summer. In the interests of restoring trust in politics, can the Minister tell us: how much did these donations amount to?

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