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9 December 2010
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Former Labour ministers Geoff Hoon, Stephen Byers and Richard Caborn have been rebuked for breaching lobbying rules.
The Commons Standards and Privileges Committee has recommended suspending their parliamentary passes.
The committee recommends Mr Hoon's pass be suspended for five years for a "particularly serious breach".
It recommends suspending Mr Byers' pass for two years and Mr Caborn's for six months.
The Commons investigation related to interviews given by the MPs to a Sunday Times journalist posing as a representive of a fictitious lobbying company and inquiring about services they would be able to provide after leaving Parliament.
Sections of the interviews were later broadcast on the Channel 4 show Dispatches.
The inquiry found that Mr Hoon, a former defence secretary who stood down as an MP at the election, breached the MPs' code of conduct by claiming that he had, or could get access to, confidential information about the government's strategic defence review that would be of benefit to business clients.
"Mr Hoon's conduct brought the House of Commons and its members generally into disrepute," the report concluded.
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The Commons Standards and Privileges Committee has recommended suspending their parliamentary passes.
The committee recommends Mr Hoon's pass be suspended for five years for a "particularly serious breach".
It recommends suspending Mr Byers' pass for two years and Mr Caborn's for six months.
The Commons investigation related to interviews given by the MPs to a Sunday Times journalist posing as a representive of a fictitious lobbying company and inquiring about services they would be able to provide after leaving Parliament.
Sections of the interviews were later broadcast on the Channel 4 show Dispatches.
The inquiry found that Mr Hoon, a former defence secretary who stood down as an MP at the election, breached the MPs' code of conduct by claiming that he had, or could get access to, confidential information about the government's strategic defence review that would be of benefit to business clients.
"Mr Hoon's conduct brought the House of Commons and its members generally into disrepute," the report concluded.
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