The schools minister, Jonathan Gullis, has been accused of a potential breach of the MPs’ code for failing to declare donations for pro-grammar-school campaigns when arguing in favour of selective education in the Commons.
In a letter to Kathryn Stone, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, Labour said Gullis should have declared a £7,200 donation towards a campaign for grammar schools when arguing as a backbencher for their expansion.
The register of MPs’ interests shows that Gullis, the MP for Stoke-on-Trent North, who was made schools minister in September by Liz Truss, received the money to pay for public relations advice for a campaign pushing for new grammar schools.
