- June 30, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Downing Street has admitted a health minister used private emails for government business despite denying it 24 hours earlier, but defended Lord Bethell, saying he had abided by the guidance.
Bethell, a close ally of the former health secretary Matt Hancock, defended his use of email on Tuesday. “In terms of the use of private email can I just reassure members that I have read the ministerial code, I have signed the ministerial code and I seek to uphold it in everything I do,” he told the House of Lords.
Boris Johnson’s spokesman said the use of personal emails to conduct government business was acceptable if the information was copied to an official account.
“The guidance on using private email addresses is published online. Ministers are able to use various forms of communication as long as they take heed of the guidance that is published,” the spokesman said.
“The guidance itself says those receiving communications should consider if…
