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Published date29 June 2022
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee was also told by Cabinet Secretary Simon Case that Boris Johnson's former ministerial interests adviser was not asked for his opinion on the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol Bill before he quit

Mr Case was appearing before the committee alongside Darren Tierney, director general of propriety and ethics at the Cabinet Office.

The appearance comes in the shadow of the partygate controversy, as well as the decision of a row over steel tariffs and international trade rules seen as the final straw for Mr Johnson's ethics adviser.

Simon Case told the committee on Tuesday that "(Ministerial) Code issues didn't arise" in the case of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, unlike in the case of the possible breach of World Trade

Organisation rules that triggered Lord Geidt's resignation as independent adviser on the ministerial code.

Mr Case added: "The code in the end wasn't in question so there was no reason, I don't think anyway, I don't believe Lord Geidt was consulted about the Protocol."

He declined to speculate on whether Lord Geidt had used the WTO issue, believed to relate to protections for the steel industry, as "an excuse" to resign.

Mr Tierney added that the decision to consult Lord Geidt on the possible WTO breach was taken by the Prime Minister himself.

Mr Case began his highly anticipated appearance at the committee...

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