Questions in the House. Bilderberg, Carlyle and Addison Lee.
Yesterday, 19 June, the Chancellor was asked about his appearance at the Bilderberg Conference in Copenhagen recently. Carlyle Group are part of the 'Bilderbergers'.
Given the timing of the new Deregulation Bill and the Conference, Caroline Lucas reported on a Statement made by John Griffin of Addison Lee.
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29 April 2014, Parliament.
Caroline Lucas.
We need to ask why such potentially dangerous changes are being rushed through. We know that good money can be made from the taxi and private hire or minicab industry—Addison Lee has made so much that it is giving it away in large quantities to the Conservative party, and are we supposed to believe that Addison Lee has had no influence on the move to push amendments through before the publication of the Law Commission’s in-depth review of taxi and PHV legislation?
John Griffin, the boss of minicab giant Addison Lee, was embroiled in a cash-for-access scandal in 2012, after his firm gave £0.25 million to the Conservative party. At the time, Mr Griffin was quoted at saying:
“Politicians are not running the country. Businessmen are. They are the housewives. We give them the money.”
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