Post by northwestman on Dec 14, 2023 12:21:31 GMT 1
Another with his snout in the trough.
Another by election.
Scott Benton MP faces 35-day Commons suspension over lobbying offer to undercover reporters.
The Commons standards committee has just published its report into Scott Benton, the Conservative MP (now suspended from the party and sitting as an independent) investigated for telling undercover reporters he would be willing to lobby on behalf of the gambling industry.
The committtee says Benton should face a 35-day suspension for breaking parliamentary rules. That would allow campaigners to use the recall process to trigger a recall by election in his constituency, Blackpool South, where he had a majority of just 3,690 over Labour at the last election.
Scott Benton is being punished in relation to lobbying, but not just because he directly broke the rules banning MPs from engaging in paid lobbying when he spoke to undercover reporters. The committee said that, because he indicated that he was willing to break the rules, and because he claimed other MPs had done so in the past, he damaged the reputation of the Commons.
The Guardian.
Another by election.
Scott Benton MP faces 35-day Commons suspension over lobbying offer to undercover reporters.
The Commons standards committee has just published its report into Scott Benton, the Conservative MP (now suspended from the party and sitting as an independent) investigated for telling undercover reporters he would be willing to lobby on behalf of the gambling industry.
The committtee says Benton should face a 35-day suspension for breaking parliamentary rules. That would allow campaigners to use the recall process to trigger a recall by election in his constituency, Blackpool South, where he had a majority of just 3,690 over Labour at the last election.
Scott Benton is being punished in relation to lobbying, but not just because he directly broke the rules banning MPs from engaging in paid lobbying when he spoke to undercover reporters. The committee said that, because he indicated that he was willing to break the rules, and because he claimed other MPs had done so in the past, he damaged the reputation of the Commons.
The Guardian.