Conservative MP George Freeman has been told that he would not face the investigation of parliamentary standards for lobbying.
The MP sent himself to the Standard Commissioner in June for the mid-Narfolk, when the claim that a company he worked helps him to write questions to the government.
As a former science minister, Freeman was first advised that advocating labor government could be a conflict of interests.
Framen said that he was “pleased” with the decision that there were not enough grounds for formal investigation and termed the claims as “baseless”.
In a statement, he said: “The commissioner has reiterated that the lobbying rules do not ban [MPs] Demanding [Parliamentary] Questions or advocates for sectors or public interest issues, even where they themselves may have a financial interest, as long as the rules on registration and declaration are followed. As was in the case of my questions. ,
The “Cash for Question” allegations were born around the role of Freeman as an advisor to GHGSAT, which owns and operates the greenhouse gas monitoring satellites.
It is claimed that Freeman consulted on “what is to ask” with the company’s director while presenting parliamentary questions on Sunday.
In another email, he allegedly asked if the company could help him receive a “right right”, which he can then convert into parliamentary language “for questions he was doing for questions related to space data and emission tracking.
In a statement to the BBC at that time, Freeman said that he did not believe that he had done anything wrong, while his party said that it would be “unfair” to comment during interrogation.
Before leaving the role in March this year, in April 2024, Freeman played a role in the Environmental Monitoring Company in April 2024, stating that she received a monthly salary of £ 5,000 per month for eight hours of work.
After informing the appointments of the Watchdog Acoba about the role, it advised them that they should not be involved in individuals in lobbying the UK government “on behalf of GHGSAT.
Freeman served as the Minister of Science under both Boris Johnson and Rishi Sankar, and now sits on the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.
The commissioner of orthodox and parliamentary standards has been contacted to comment.
