Decision

Summary of business appointments applications - Baroness Burt of Solihull

Published 18 January 2016

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Baroness Burt of Solihull left her role as an Assistant Government Whip in May 2015.

1. Board Adviser, Total Training

Baroness Burt sought advice on accepting an appointment as a board adviser to Total Training, a construction training company.

When considering this application the Committee noted that Baroness Burt had had no dealings with the organisation in her role as a Whip, and there was no relationship between them and her former department, although this was a company local to her former constituency and so she did have dealings with them in her capacity as an MP.

The Committee advised Baroness Burt that it could see no reason why she should not take up this appointment, subject to the following conditions:

  • She should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of herself or the organisations to which this advice refers) any privileged information available to her as a Minister; and

  • For two years from her last day in ministerial office she should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK Government on behalf of Total Training, its parent company, subsidiaries or clients.

The Committee wrote its advice letter to Baroness Burt in October 2015.

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