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| Question time: Fiona Woolf will be quizzed by members of the Home Affairs Select Committee |
For six weeks, Fiona Woolf has refused to reveal how well she knows Leon Brittan – accused of failing to act on a dossier about VIP paedophile rings – and whether or not she declared their friendship before she accepted her high-profile role.
It is thought the Home Office was unaware that she has lived in the same street as the former Home Secretary for a decade, was on a City conference board with him, and was a magistrate at the same court as his wife Diana for three years – until it was revealed by The Mail on Sunday.
Corporate lawyer Mrs Woolf has spent much of the past two months overseas in her role as Lord Mayor of London, missing the first meeting of the abuse inquiry panel and attracting criticism in Parliament.
But she will finally have to answer the concerns about her potential conflicts of interest when she appears before a powerful group of MPs on Tuesday. (more...)
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