Liam Fox's friend Adam Werrity to be questioned

Liam Fox has had meetings with a close friend who has links to the defence industry at least 40 times since he took office last year, the Government has disclosed.The figures - which include details of overseas visits - come as the Defence Secretary continues to battle for his career and Whitehall officials investigate his working relationship with Adam Werritty.
Downing Street has said Dr Fox made "serious mistakes" over the matter.
He made an embarrassing apology for his judgement to MPs on Monday, but denied any wrongdoing.
Mr Werritty was present for 18 of Dr Fox's overseas visits, Ministry of Defence documents show.
They included five trips to Dubai, including one last December when Mr Werrritty was "present in a personal and business capacity" at meetings between the United Arab Emirates government and the British military.
In Tampa last July, Mr Werritty - who was best man at Dr Fox's wedding - attended a "steakhouse" dinner with Afghanistan commander US General John Allen.
They also met during visits to Singapore, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Israel, Washington and Sri Lanka.
An interim inquiry into Dr Fox's behaviour, ordered by the Prime Minister, found the Defence Secretary had acted "inappropriately" by allowing his friend to meet officials at the MoD, as well as making officials share details about his official travel arrangements.


Labour MP John Mann has said Mr Fox should be sacked, but the minister insisted he had done nothing wrong.


Mr Werritty was present on 18 out of 48 overseas trips, according to records released by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).


They included visits to Singapore, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Hong Kong, Israel, New Zealand, Australia, Qatar and Sri Lanka.


Mr Werritty also visited Tampa in Florida, where he dined with General John Allen, who has since become the head of Nato forces in Afghanistan.


He also travelled to Washington DC before flying back with Mr Fox.


Mr Werritty, 34, was Mr Fox's best man in 2005 and a former flatmate and also used to carry cards describing himself as an adviser to "the Rt Hon Liam Fox MP".


But he had no formal or paid role at the MoD or the Conservative Party and little is known about how the visits were funded.


The Times has claimed Mr Werritty declared around £20,000 in income from his private companies over the past four years.


In Parliament, Mr Fox said Mr Werritty's income was "not dependent on any transactional behaviour to maintain his income".


He also apologised to MPs for the controversy but insisted that he had never put national security at risk.


Meanwhile, Labour has been stepping up the pressure on Mr Fox over the whole affair.


MP John Mann said: "The cover-up comes across as being even worse than whatever's been done in the first place.


"And with all this hanging over him, and this strange relationship with Adam Werritty... it does seem to me that David Cameron's got no choice: he's going to have to get rid of Liam Fox from his cabinet."


But Conservative MP Nick Boles said he did not believe Mr Fox was irreparably damaged.


"I'm sure that Liam has learned from this. I'm sure that everybody in frontline politics has learned from this," he said.


"Um, and yes, we need to have clearer rules and abide by them. But, nothing yet has been suggested that somehow the public interest was harmed."


Mr Cameron has discussed the findings of an interim report on the inquiry with Mr Fox, a Downing Street spokesman said.


The prime minister is not expected to make a final decision on Mr Fox's future until he sees the full report, which is due on 21 October.