Scott Benton was caught on video offering to sell tabling parliamentary questions and access to ministers to undercover journalists
about paid lobbying by preparing to help an investment woo policymakers.
Benton reportedly boasted of easy access to ministers and said he would "sit outside" a minister's office in order to lobby for the bogus investors. He also further made claims to the reporters that MPs who accept corporate hospitality were also willing to table parliamentary questions in return for the perks.
Rules were tightened after the Owen Paterson lobbying scandal which formed part of the trickle of scandal which brought down Boris Johnson's government.
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