No inducements made to Ashby: Pyne

Innovation Minister Christopher Pyne says he doesn't want to get bogged down in old news about the James Ashby and Peter Slipper saga.

Christopher Pyne (pic) has denied he offered James Ashby inducements to bring down Peter Slipper. (AAP)

Cabinet minister Christopher Pyne has denied he offered former political staffer James Ashby inducements to bring down ex-Speaker Peter Slipper.

Mr Pyne said he did not want to get "bogged down" in old news about a saga more than three years old.

"I've been up hill and down dale and upside down over these issues with the media," he told ABC TV on Tuesday.