Housing Minister Chris Pincher has mentioned selections to approve a £1bn property scheme have been made "actually and pretty", amid questions surr
Housing Minister Chris Pincher has mentioned selections to approve a £1bn property scheme have been made “actually and pretty”, amid questions surrounding the timing of a donation to the Conservative occasion.
Mr Pincher was answering an Pressing Query within the Commons concerning a call made by the Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, who has since accepted this was an illegal resolution.
A Labour MP requested if the property deal had been being “rushed by”.
Rachel Hopkins mentioned property developer Richard Desmond made a “substantial donation” to the Tory occasion days after the Westbury growth in east London was authorized, in opposition to the recommendation of a planning inspector.
Mr Pincher mentioned ministers have “no information” of any political occasion donations when making planning selections, and added that he was conscious Mr Desmond had made earlier donations to others events exhibiting he was a “very beneficiant man”.