Labour's Gordon Prentice said the public administration select committee had decided to hold a ''special one-off inquiry'' on March 18. Lord Ashcroft revealed this week that he did not pay UK tax on his extensive overseas earnings, apparently at odds with Tory assurances when he was given a seat in the Lords.
Prentice wrote on his blog: ''Just back from the Public Administration Select Committee where we agree to do a special one-off inquiry into the Lord Ashcroft affair. It will be on Thursday 18 March. 'The issues fall squarely within the Committee's bailiwick. We keep an eye on the Cabinet Office and the House of Lords Appointments Commission. We shall see what they have to say. 'Oh yes... the Committee will invite Lord Ashcroft to come before it.''
Prentice wrote on his blog: ''Just back from the Public Administration Select Committee where we agree to do a special one-off inquiry into the Lord Ashcroft affair. It will be on Thursday 18 March. 'The issues fall squarely within the Committee's bailiwick. We keep an eye on the Cabinet Office and the House of Lords Appointments Commission. We shall see what they have to say. 'Oh yes... the Committee will invite Lord Ashcroft to come before it.''
The not-so-smug-now Lord Ashcroft
