In the video, the laughing MP says that lots of the events he goes to fall just under the £300 threshold needed to declare them.
Blackpool South MP Scott Benton risks putting all Members of Parliament 'under the microscope' after opening up on the 'ways around' declaring hospitality gifts with Parliament.
He alluded that it is something companies gifting hospitality are aware of when putting costs against gifts. He said: “There are ways around [the rules], absolutely. Everyone, well not everybody, but a lot of companies would utilise. Put it that way. That’s a politically correct way of putting it.
The same investigation alleges that Mr Benton was prepared to leak market sensitive information to an investment fund and ask parliamentary questions on its behalf, in breach of parliamentary lobbying rules. Mr Benton was caught on camera telling undercover reporters, posing as gambling industry investors, how he was willing to take actions which would break Parliament’s lobbying rules.
In a meeting in early March, Mr Benton described how he could support the fund, which he believed was set up by an Indian businessman looking to make investments in the UK betting and gaming sector, by attempting to water down proposed gambling reforms.
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