Scott Benton, a lawmaker in Britain's governing Conservative Party has been suspended after he was filmed in a newspaper sting offering to lobby ministers and leak market-sensitive information on behalf of a fake company
Scott Benton, a lawmaker in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's party since 2019, has been suspended pending an investigation.in which Benton told its undercover reporters, who were posing as gambling industry investors looking for a paid adviser, that he could leak them a copy of an upcoming market-sensitive government policy paper on gambling reforms.
Members of parliament are not allowed to accept money to raise issues with ministers or ask questions in parliament, and are also not allowed to provide advice on how to influence the work of parliament. "I contacted the Commons registrar and the parliamentary standards commissioner who clarified these rules for me and had no further contact with the company," he said.
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