Editing Mark Field (section)

=== Assault allegation ===
On 20 June 2019, [[Greenpeace]] accused Field of assault, after an activist who interrupted [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] [[Philip Hammond]]'s [[Mansion House, London|Mansion House Speech]] was grabbed by the neck, pinned against a wall and then pushed out of the event by Field. Field said he reacted "instinctively" and referred himself to the Cabinet Office for an investigation. He apologised to the activist for "grabbing her" and said he was worried she might have been armed.<ref>{{cite news|date=20 June 2019|title=Climate protesters disrupt Hammond's Mansion House speech|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48713929|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=20 June 2019|title=Tory MP Mark Field filmed removing protester amid demonstration during Philip Hammond speech|work=ITV News|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2019-06-20/protesters-disrupt-philip-hammonds-speech-at-mansion-house/|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=21 June 2019|title=MP Mark Field accused of assaulting Greenpeace activist|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48714864|access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref> As a result of the incident, he was suspended as a minister on 21 June, while investigations took place.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kentish|first=Benjamin|date=June 21, 2019|title=Tory minister suspended for grabbing female protester by the neck and pinning her against pillar|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mark-field-suspended-tory-mp-protester-video-climate-change-greenpeace-a8968621.html|access-date=June 21, 2019|language=en|newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> The [[City of London Police]] reviewed the events and declared that it would be taking no further action.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-12-20 |title=Mark Field breached ministerial code by grabbing activist |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-50870243 |access-date=2024-12-14 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> When Boris Johnson became prime minister in July 2019, Field was dropped from his ministerial role at the Foreign Office as part of a cabinet reshuffle. The Whitehall investigation was closed, as he felt that it was a "matter for the previous PM concerning his conduct during his time as a minister under her appointment".<ref>{{cite news|last=Mason|first=Rowena|date=29 July 2019|title=Boris Johnson drops investigation into MP who manhandled protester|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/29/boris-johnson-drops-investigation-mp-mark-field-manhandled-protester|access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref> In October 2019, he announced that he would stand down from Parliament at the next general election, citing disagreement with government policy over [[Brexit]].<ref>{{cite news|date=2019-10-17|title=Tory MP to stand down over Brexit disagreement|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-50091561|access-date=2019-10-18|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>

A Cabinet Office investigation into the assault allegation, published in December 2019, concluded that he had breached the ministerial code but that he would not receive any sanction as Field was no longer in Parliament.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/20/mark-field-breached-ministerial-code-by-grabbing-protester|work=The Guardian|title=Mark Field found to have breached code by grabbing protester|date=20 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-50870243|title=Mark Field breached ministerial code by grabbing activist|date=20 December 2019|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>