He says it is OK because none of them are health-related.
One is with the Roche drug company,
One is with The US private equity firm Blackstone “which was criticised in 2011 after the collapse of Southern Cross care home group under a mountain of debt. The lives of 31,000 elderly residents were thrown into turmoil through the actions of Blackstone, which had bought Southern Cross in 2004 and sold out three years later at a huge profit having sold most of its property assets”.
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one is with a company that receives funding from “fitness companies” and Coca Cola.
These are in addition to his two other jobs
with management consultants Bain & Company and a consultancy set up by his wife called Low Associates.
“Low Associates helps people prepare before they give evidence to committees of MPs, and Sally Low has given speeches on improving lobbying skills, in which she said that lobbyists should “establish positive relationships with decision-makers before you need their help”. Lobbyist clients of Low Associates personnel have previously worked for a variety of companies including those with an interest in health, such as SmithKline Beecham, Unilever and Procter & Gamble.”
“Until December 2009, Lansley received £134 an hour from a firm of advertisers that represents clients such as Walkers Crisps, McDonald’s, Unilever, Mars and Pizza Hut; Private Eye suggests a link between these activities and Lansley’s desire to see a more lightly regulated food industry.[38] The same publication suggested a similar link to a Department of Health report on red meat in which the only products listed in the report found to contain suitable amounts of red meat to merit a “Good” rating were a McDonald’s Big Mac, and a Peperami (manufactured by Unilever)”
“The three jobs were taken by the former health secretary despite David Cameron’s promise in 2010 to end the ‘revolving door’ between government and the private sector.”
Last night Lord Lansley told the Daily Mail that he expected the majority of the work he does for the companies to be unrelated to health.”
SO WHAT EXACTLY ARE THEY ALL PAYING HIM FOR?
He was recently made a Lord by David Cameron
Sources:
East Devon Watch 