Documentary BBC news: Lobbying
Summary:
MP Patrick Mercer Offered a fake firm a Commons security pass. They paid
him 4000 pounds to table parliamentary questions. He broke the Commons lobbying
rules with this. The fake company, Alistair Andrews Communications, had claimed
to lobby on behalf of Fijian Business interest for Fiji to be readmitted to the
commonwealth. A clip of Mr Mercer saying he will do it for 1000 pounds a day,
is published by Panorama. Mercer admits that he broke the parliamentary rules.
He says; In the meantime, to save my party embarrassment, I have resigned the
conservative whip and have so informed Sir George Young. He can stay in the
commons as independent but is no longer member of the parliamentary party.
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My opinion:
I think it’s outrageous that an MP who is earning enough money (I
guess), is lobbying outside the parliament, to get more money on behalf of
himself. And because he is “famous” he asks even a 1000 pounds for a day. I
don’t understand that he is still aloud to stay in the parliament as an
independent. I think that if you want to lobby on behalf of your own expense,
you have to leave the government instantly. If you work for the government you
have to work for the people in your country, not only for the money.
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BBC News (1 June 2013)
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