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Lady Warsi has also admitted that she did not declare rental income from her own flat in London.On top of all this, she has been referred to Sir Alex Allan, the adviser on ministers' code of conduct, for failing to declare that she and a relative, Abid Hussain, owned shares in the same company before they travelled together on a government trip to Pakistan.

The committee cleared her of the central charge of deliberately submitting expenses claims to which she was not entitled, but said she had breached the ministers' code of conduct by providing "incomplete documentation and fragmentary information" to the inquiry.

He said that in 1997 he had ensured as chair of European finance ministers that a code on fair tax competition was introduced, a code that has became the basis for national legislation in many countries.

"The prohibition for ministers in the code of conduct is not allow their offices to be used for private profit or private purposes," Dreyfus said.

Mr Blair also supported the appointment of an independent figure to advise ministers on the code of conduct.Nine years ago, Mr Blair promised that Labour would be "purer than pure, whiter than white".

According to the Ministerial Code, ministers "should be able to express their views frankly in the expectation that they can argue freely in private while maintaining a united front when decisions have been reached".

"The president-elect of the Archery Association of India has served for more than three consecutive terms in the past and is also above the age of 70 years," which violates India's sports code, Minister of Sports Jitendra Singh said at a news conference in Delhi.

Demands have been made for an investigation into whether Wales' environment minister breached the code of conduct by intervening in a £280m race track project in his constituency.

2.10pm GMT Andrew Lansley Photograph: /BBC Parliament Lansley says that it was the prime minister's decision to set aside the ministerial code saying ministers are bound by collective responsibility on this issue.

The ministerial adviser, a post established by Gordon Brown to allow an independent figure to investigate breaches of the ministerial code by ministers, has to wait for a case to be referred to him by the prime minister before mounting an investigation.

He has pointed out that the ministerial code requires ministers to keep to the law.