He said he had acted in line with the regulations by disclosing any financial interest when booking, including for the dinner for Value Retail Plc, where he is a director.
In July 2006, Coventry Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson booked a lunch for 24 people, and in January 2008 a dinner for ten, both in the name of New Statesman, when he had declared in the Commons’ register of MPs’ interests he was a paid director and shareholder.
Asked about the “Cemex Climate Change Book Launch”, Rugby and Kenilworth Conservative MP Jeremy Wright said: “The event was not a commercial promotion or demonstration.
"The book in question is produced in conjunction with a charity and is not sold. There was therefore no breach of the rules.”
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