Hague criticised for charity claim
Howard Lake | 22 March 2001 | News
Yesterday the Commons’ committee on standards and privileges supported a report by the parliamentary standards watchdog which criticised the Rt Hon William Hague MP for claiming that he donated speaker fees to a charity which had in fact not been registered.
Yesterday the Commons’ committee on standards and privileges supported a report by the parliamentary standards watchdog which criticised the Rt Hon William Hague MP for claiming that he donated speaker fees to a charity which had in fact not been registered.
The report stated that “Mr Hague failed to respond correctly on eight occasions when required to check his entry.”
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UK Fundraising reported on the original revalation of the “materially inaccurate” entry in the register of MPs’ interests in February.
Read Watchdog rebukes Hague over trust cash inaccuracy by Nicholas Watt at GuardianUnlimited. Read the full text of the complaint and the comittee’s findings.
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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.