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Ministerial Policy Advisers

Volume 474: debated on Wednesday 26 March 2008

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Mr. Maude

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) when Mr. Phil Taylor formally ended his employment as a special adviser to the Northern Ireland Office; (191031)

(2) what the employment status was of special adviser to the Northern Ireland Office, Mr. Phil Taylor while working on a Labour Party deputy leadership campaign; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Woodward

Mr. Phil Taylor ceased to be employed by the Northern Ireland Office on 28 June 2007.

Special advisers working in the Northern Ireland Office were aware of the Special Adviser Code of Conduct and the additional guidance issued by the Cabinet Secretary in December 2006.