lawrie magnus says he should have understood at the outset that he was under investigation.s about the fact that therefore this didn't come up in his declaration of interests, even when he became chancellor, the minister responsible for the tax—and—spend system, on the 6th ofjuly 2022 — lawrie magnus critical of that, and he says that failing to declare that ongoing investigation before later injuly 2022 was a breach of the ministerial code. you also talks about the fact that we know now nadhim zahawi paid a penalty as part of his settlement with hmrc. lawrie magnus again saying failing to update his declaration of interests form appropriately once that penalty had been paid was not correct, not disclosing the right information, and he said sort of taken together these omissions constitute in lawrie magnus�*s words a serious failure to meet the standards set out in the ministerial code. also, lawrie magnus goes into the detail of an interview nadhim zahawi gave where he said that it was smears to say that hmrc were looking into him. lawrie magnus said this wasn't as open and