Raising cash and hackles

Reaction to dinner

Nadhim Zahawi MP: “I unequivocally condemn this behaviour. The report is truly shocking.”

Great Ormond Street Hospital: “We would never knowingly accept donations raised in this way.”

David Walliams: “I was there in a strictly professional capacity.”

Harvey Goldsmith, the promoter: “I’m totally shocked, to be quite frank.”

Maria Miller, chairman of the women and equalities select committee, “Should any minister go to an event that is men-only? No they shouldn’t.”