Former Brexit minister Chris Heaton-Harris has been accused of breaching the ministerial code during an off-the-books meeting with representatives from the hardline far-right Spanish party, Vox, in Westminster this March.
Vox has been endorsed by former Trump advisor Steve Bannon, and has pledged to roll back laws against domestic abuse, loosen gun control, oppose equal marriage and build a wall around Spanish territory in Africa. It is one of a number of far-right parties expected to make gains in next week’s European elections.
Conservative MP Heaton-Harris met with Vox’s vice secretary for international relations, Ivan Espinosa de los Montero, at Portcullis House. The Department for Exiting the European Union said that the former Brexit minister – who resigned last month – was “not acting in a ministerial capacity” and that no government officials were present.
