Oh dear. It seems that the office of the Hon. Member for Spen Valley has put their foot in it again. Kim Leadbeater might have hoped for a quieter life now that her much-criticised Assisted Dying Private Members’ Bill narrowly scraped through the Commons by 23 votes on Friday. But Leadbeater has started the new week off in the worst possible way in her capacity as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy.
Leadbeater’s office gaily sent around an email to her Labour comrades this afternoon, giving them their lines to take at this week’s oral questions on Thursday. ‘Dear colleagues’, it began, ‘we’re writing ahead… to share a few suggested questions for tabling.’ There then followed a list of ten suggested ideas to fearlessly hold Nandy and her fellow ministers to account. Zingers included, ‘What steps her Department is taking to support the delivery of major sporting events?’ and ‘What steps her Department is taking to promote participation in sport?’ Talk about a curveball.
Unfortunately, with a trademark attention to detail, it seems that the planted Labour questions were sent to a bunch of Tory MPs too. ‘At least it’s not people’s lives this time’, said one of them to Mr S.
Forensic stuff indeed…
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