question because of the - to be joined. in part i asked the question because of the way . to be joined. in part i asked the. question because of the way that to be joined. in part i asked the - question because of the way that ms ghani framed her complaint was she said the problem is your muslimness. i didn t think muslimness was a word. when you look at the group on these issues, they say it is a word. but it s that sense of identity that some of the colleagues were not comfortable that that identity was kind of blurring the government or herjob are having some negative impact or association, is that a feeling you ever encounter? ida. impact or association, is that a feeling you ever encounter? no, i think it s murky. feeling you ever encounter? no, i think it s murky. we re feeling you ever encounter? no, i think it s murky. we re hearing i think it s murky. we re hearing reports from ms ghani, i think she s implied, it was implied that she wasn t defending the party robustly eno
the conservative mp nus ghani, who was sacked as transport minister two years ago, says she was told that her muslim faith was one of the reasons for her dismissal. nus ghani has told the sunday times that her muslimness was raised as an issue. the conservative chief whip mark spencer says she had been speaking to him, and he called her allegations completely false . downing street has said the prime minister had also spoken to her and invited her to make a complaint, but she did not do so. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports. the former minister as ghani is at the centre of an extremely dispute after a week in which the tories have turned on the whips, ministers and each other. nus ghani was the first muslim woman ever to speak from the dispatch box in the commons, and has claimed in the sunday times that her fate played a part of her being sacked as a minister by borisjohnson in 2020. she says that when she asked a
allegations from nusrat ghani over the weekend, what did you make of what she has been saying that essentially, one of the reasons at least that she was sacked a couple of years ago was because of her muslim faith? muslim faith? nusrat ghani s allegations muslim faith? nusrat ghani s allegations are muslim faith? nusrat ghani s| allegations are reprehensible, muslim faith? nusrat ghani s - allegations are reprehensible, they are very serious and i think they need to be taken seriously and this presents an opportunity to look beyond what she says so i m not surprised because we often hear from muslim women that they are treated unfairly because of their muslimness, because of their faith and they are, many times, because of one s faith, muslims feel they are discriminated and so this presents the opportunity for us to reflect and take seriously the fact that we need to define islamophobia. in 2009, i m need to define islamophobia. in 2009, i m sorry, 2019, iwas appointed as a
headline pressure on chief whip as ministers call for enquiry into nusrat ghani. ministers call for enquiry into nusrat ghani. ministers call for enquiry into nusratghani. . , ., ., nusrat ghani. what is going on here? a very serious nusrat ghani. what is going on here? a very serious story nusrat ghani. what is going on here? a very serious story which was - a very serious story which was broken last night by the sunday times, nusrat ghani is a conservative mp who had been a minister, released a statement to the sunday times saying she had been told that her sacking related to her muslimness. this had been the subject of a conversation in downing street about whether she should stay in office. she says she was told that by a government whip. unusually the chief whip, mark spencer, the man in charge of discipline across boris johnson s man in charge of discipline across borisjohnson s government, he boris johnson s government, he identified borisjohnson s government, he identified
as one inquiry into parties here is about to draw to a close, another one is about to open. this time into claims made by the tory mp nusrat ghani, who s said this weekend that she had been told by a party whip that her muslimness was a reason she was sacked as a transport minister. claims strongly denied by the chief whip mark spencer, who said he was the whip in question and called her claims defamatory. miss ghani said she raised the issue with the prime minister in 2020 and urged him to start an inquiry, but that he had told her to complain to the tory party instead. but this morning no ten have said there will be an investigation. we take these allegations extremely seriously, i took them seriously when they were raised with me 18 months ago. very glad this an investigation taking place now. on sunday night cabinet ministers, including the health secretary sajid javid