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16 November 2007

Ex-Ministers Go Nuclear

I really can't see the problem with former trade minister Ian McCartney and former sports minister Richard Caborn taking up jobs in the nuclear industry.

Independent Labour MP Dai Davies claims that it is "inappropriate" for them to take p these job "so shortly after leaving the government". Rubbish. It doesn't matter if they became ex-ministers yesterday, four months ago, or five years ago. All they are now is ex-ministers and MPs. Especially since they have never been ministers under this Prime Minister.

What ex-ministers, or any other MP, do of this kind of stuff whilst elected is our business, and we should know about it - which we do and will since they are listed in the register of members' interests.

I can't see any issues over them taking up these jobs as ex-ministers. It really isn't "inappropriate" at all.

Source: BBC

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