[BITList] Another fine example of why pensioners don't ever trust UK pollies or their civil serpents

[John Feltham]

Veterans' Minister Andrew Robathan misled Parliament over plight of nuclear test veterans


by Susie Boniface, Sunday Mirror 27/02/2011
A CABINET minister misled Parliament over the appalling illnesses suffered by British nuclear test survivors.
Veterans Minister Andrew Robathan apologised after wrongly claiming the courts backed the Government’s battle against 1,000 people seeking compensation.
In fact the courts ordered the MoD to a trial to scrutinise new evidence proving their DNA was irretrievably damaged by the test blasts.
The MoD admitted he was wrong and apologised “for any confusion caused”.
But Mr Robathan refused to correct the Parliamentary record and has been reported to the Speaker John Bercow and the Cabinet Office.
If he is found guilty of breaking the Ministerial Code of Conduct, he could be asked to quit his post.
Test veteran Ken McGinley said: “He either has no grasp of his brief at all or he is a bare-faced liar. Either way he doesn’t deserve to stay.”

http://thurly.net/13ba
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/02/27/veterans-minister-andrew-robathan-misled-parliament-over-plight-of-nuclear-test-veterans-115875-22951791/#ixzz1Gu5mCIwq 


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