Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says she recognises that she is in a privileged position as an MP and that it was “hard to say no” as she accepted tickets to see Taylor Swift in concert. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00You know, you are in a privileged position as a Member of Parliament.
00:03You will sometimes be offered the opportunity to go to events such as Wimbledon.
00:07I was invited as Education Secretary, Shadow Ministers are often given similar invitations
00:15and Government Ministers are often given such invitations.
00:18It was declared.
00:19I appreciate it is a privilege to be there, but I was very much there in my role as Education
00:24Secretary.
00:25What about Taylor Street?
00:26Look, I'll be honest, it was a hard one to turn down.
00:29I appreciate there was big demand for the tickets.
00:32It was a privilege to be there.
00:34One of my children was keen to go along.
00:37It's hard to say no if you're offered tickets in those circumstances.
00:40But it was declared.
00:42I've been clear about that.
00:43But I do recognise that I'm in a fortunate position to be able to receive it.