A former Tory Minister set to provide the Government with crucial advice on climate change is at the centre of a new conflict-of-interest row after it was revealed he is chairman of a consortium bidding to build one of the world’s biggest offshore windfarms.
John Selwyn Gummer, who was Environment Secretary under John Major and Agriculture Minister in Margaret Thatcher’s Government, is the newly designated chairman of the powerful Committee on Climate Change (CCC). It was set up to provide David Cameron with independent advice on energy policy and climate change.
But a Mail on Sunday investigation has learned the former MP – who became Lord Deben in 2010 – is also chairman of Forewind, a consortium trying to build thousands of turbines in the North Sea’s Dogger Bank.
Clearly the boy for the job.
I’m sure he’ll keep all his dependant commercial interests entirely at arms length.
I hate the way I was brought up.
I’d have made a very large chunk of money with very little effort by today if only I didn’t have that nagging little voice telling me from time to time, “Now Chuck, you know doing that is immoral and/or unethical.” I blame it all on my parents.
Another parasite waiting to suck at the government teat!
It’s only a conflict of interest if you are involved in “big oil ” or “coal”. Everyone else is indemnified.