1. But documents show there is no record of Miss Jowell telling her that Mr Mills was, in fact, the legal owner of BDIC(UK). Miss Jowell has faced a series of allegations that she breached ministerial rules over her husband‘s dealings – including mortgages and shares in a pub company at a time when her department was reviewing licensing laws.

2. The details were that ILTC is a privately owned conglomerate engaged in non–governmental commercial matters, that Mills had provided services as a solicitor for ILTC since early 2002 and that he had become engaged full–time by them since April 2003.‘ Lake also said Jowell informed the permanent secretary on 13 May 2003 that her husband had become managing director of BDIC (UK), ‘part of the ILTC group, with interests in oil and gas, construction, aviation and trade finance‘. The ministerial code states: ‘Ministers are advised to provide their permanent secretary with a full list in writing of all interests which might be thought to give rise to a conflict of interest.