Overview

• Leaked emails published by The Times reveal Freeman asked GHGSat’s director for wording and used the firm’s suggestions verbatim in his parliamentary questions
• Freeman has referred himself to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to determine whether his paid advisory work breached lobbying rules and MPs’ code of conduct
• Labour and Liberal Democrat spokespeople have urged Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch to remove his whip pending the outcome of the investigation
• The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments warned Freeman against using ministerial contacts for GHGSat and stipulated that his £60,000-a-year contract exclude lobbying activities
• A suspension exceeding ten sitting days could trigger a recall petition and by-election in his Mid Norfolk constituency