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courtesy of the telegraph-another one who should know better.
Stephen Dorrell, the former health secretary who now chairs the House of Commons health committee, made a £70,000 profit from the controversial deal which has not previously been publicly declared.
Last night, Mr Dorrell admitted he had arranged for his friends Linton and Denise Connell to buy the flat near the Commons so
that he could rent it back from them after a crackdown in the wake of the 2009 MPs' expenses scandal.
After being approached by The Daily Telegraph about the arrangement last night, Mr Dorrell said he would be declaring it to fellow MPs on the health committee, which started the inquiry into social care in June this year.
Mr Dorrell, a health secretary in John Major's government between 1995 and 1997, is an influential voice in elderly care, one of the Government's most controversial policy areas.
Labour last night questioned Mr Dorrell's arrangement. One MP, John Mann, said he should consider his position as committee chairman, adding: "[His committee] will want to know what is going on. This raises questions about his independence. He needs to demonstrate that he has no links, personal or professional, to these landlords."