European Parliament
MacCormick (Verts/ALE ).
Mr President, I wish to raise a point of order touched on in the debate this morning. It concerns declarations of interest in this House where an interest is a familial one rather than a direct personal one. This has been the subject of various newspaper articles, including a leader in the London
Times
– which at least
used
to be a serious newspaper.
Mrs Fourtou has behaved with extreme honour and goodwill throughout, but has been put in the invidious position of bringing forward a report and then being accused of not having declared an interest. We must have clarity as to whether and when familial interests have to be declared.
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