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Boris Johnson's former ethics adviser was reprimanded yesterday for lobbying the Ministry of Defence on behalf of an American satellite firm.
Lord Geidt has been ordered to apologise to the House of Lords' conduct committee for breaking strict rules that ban peers from providing parliamentary services in return for payment.
He spoke in a virtual meeting to two senior MoD officials as a paid adviser to Theia Group, which wanted to sell the Government surveillance data from space satellites.
The event in May 2021 took place while he was serving as the Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests and just days before his report was published into the controversial redecoration of the Downing Street flat.
In a report into his conduct published yesterday, Lords sleaze watchdog Martin Jelley wrote: 'My conclusion is that Lord Geidt, by attending a meeting with Ministry of Defence officials on behalf of Theia Group Inc in return for payment, provided a parliamentary service and so breached paragraph 8(d) of the 10th edition of the Code of Conduct.
Lord Geidt (pictured) has been ordered to apologise to the House of Lords' conduct committee for breaking strict rules that ban peers from providing parliamentary services in return for payment
The event in May 2021 took place while he was serving as the Independent Adviser on Ministers'
