MPs reject Ashley’s Sports Direct warehouse visit demand
An influential committee of MPs has declined a request from Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley to visit one of his warehouses.
Ashley asked the Business Innovation and Skills committee to attend his Shirebrook warehouse as a precondition for his attendence to a Parliamentary hearing on 7 June.
However, the MPs have rejected the suggestion, while also noting that the Sports Direct boss will still be required to attend next month.
In a letter to Ashley, committee chair Iain Wright said: “We would wish to take evidence from you and then consider whether it would be necessary to take up your offer of visiting Shirebrook.”
Wright added: “I am sure that neither of us wants to engage in a potentially lengthy and public process that would follow any non-attendance."