The Prime Minister will act on the findings of an independent investigation into Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq, Cabinet minister Peter Kyle has said. Following reports that she lived in properties in London linked to allies of her aunt, former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Ms Siddiq referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards Sir Laurie Magnus on Monday. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00The process is underway. She's referred herself to the relevant authority. That authority
00:05now has more independence. It has more power than it ever has done before. And that process
00:10needs to unfold.
00:11Does that authority exist so that politicians don't judge each other? That means that independent
00:15process and that commissioner now has all the powers to act independently, decisively.
00:21And that process needs to unfold.
00:23Tulip has referred herself into that process. Now let the process unfold. It's not for politicians
00:28to tell the independent commissioner how and when to do their job. They will do their job.
00:32They will do it assertively. They will do it thoroughly. And that's how these things
00:36should be.