Following an Urgent Question on possible breaches of the ministerial code ahead of the Budget, Dame Harriett Baldwin asks the Paymaster General if the Chancellor receiving £7,500-worth of free clothes and declaring them as office support is a breach of the ministerial code.

Dame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (Con)

Can the Paymaster General confirm that the Chancellor receiving £7,500-worth of free clothes and declaring them as office support is a breach of the ministerial code?

The Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Nick Thomas-Symonds)

I must say, the Conservatives have learned absolutely nothing. They trashed ministerial standards and standards in this House when in government. [Interruption.]

The Conservatives trashed standards in government. My suggestion to them is to reflect on the past 14 years.

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