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Deputy Prime Minister

Asked what the Prime Minister thought of the Deputy Prime Minister enjoying junket at the home of the new Dome owner who hoped to turn it into a casino, the PMOS said that there were a number of assumptions in that question/statement which had already been challenged by the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office. The PMOS read out the statement released on the weekend by the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office:

"It is not true to suggest that I had any involvement whatsoever in the sale of the Dome.

"I played no role with any planning decision relating to the Dome, or in any negotiations for the sale of the Dome.

"My contact with Philip Anshutz relates solely to the use of the Dome, post-sale, in terms of regeneration of the area, and Mr Anshutz’s interest in William Wilberforce, former Hull MP and abolitionist, about whom Mr Anshutz is making a film, as I am personally involved in the 2007 Abolition Bicentenary."

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