Cash for questions exposed

Title

Cash for questions exposed

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

20 Apr 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:03:43

Description

Following the Sunday Times’s cash-for-questions expose that Conservative MPs David Tredinnick and Graham Riddick had accepted £1000 a piece to ask parliamentary questions, the House of Commons decides their punishment and discusses the issues it has raised. Includes statements from the guilty pair as well as views from Tony Benn; Dennis Skinner; Leader of the House, Tony Newton; Liberal Democrat MP, David Alton. Report by Ed Boyle.

Contributors

David Alton; Tony Benn; Dennis Skinner; Tony Newton; Ed Boyle; David Tredinnick; Graham Riddick

Keywords

Sunday Times; Members of Parliament; Political corruption

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