Scott Benton
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 37 |
| Date of birth | July 1,1987 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Party | Conservative Party |
| Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Born | Newport |
| United Kingdom | |
| Position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2019 |
| Education | University of Nottingham |
| Rastrick High School | |
| Major | 3,690 |
| Spous | Harry Symonds |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2556929 |
Scott Benton Life story
Scott Lloyd Benton is the Independent Member of Parliament for Blackpool South, holding office since the 2019 United Kingdom general election. A member of the Conservative Party, he was previously a councillor on Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council.
Matt Hancock investigated by Parliament's standards watchdog
... It also confirmed Scott Benton is under investigation for his use of his parliamentary email address, without offering further information...
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...Scott Benton has been filmed by undercover reporters appearing to explain how companies and MPs can avoid registering corporate hospitality...
Tory MP Scott Benton filmed offering to lobby ministers
...Conservative MP Scott Benton talked about the lobbying services he could potentially provide to a fake company, footage from an undercover investigation appears to show...
PMQs: Fact-checking claims about asylum and migrants
... 6m per day to accommodate them - Scott Benton (Conservative)We ve heard the £5...
Boy, 11, is Blackpool crime spree ringleader, MP says
... Conservative MP Scott Benton said a gang of youths had committed " hundreds of crimes" in Blackpool in recent weeks...
Jacob Rees-Mogg faces Tory anger over plan to buy local fracking support
... " And Scott Benton, the MP for Blackpool South, said " My constituents are understandably anxious about fracking returning to the Fylde coast...
Women MPs lobby Speaker against babies in debates
... But others spoke out against her, with Conservative MP Scott Benton saying: " Parents who get paid a fraction of what you do pay for childcare and juggle responsibilities so they can go to work...
Tory MP Scott Benton filmed offering to lobby ministers
Conservative MP Scott Benton talked about the lobbying services he could potentially provide to a fake company, footage from an undercover investigation appears to show.
The Times says Mr Benton was offered a paid advisory role by reporters posing as investors in a sting.
He was secretly filmed saying he could table parliamentary questions and leak a confidential policy paper.
He did not pursue The Role and no rules appear to have been broken.
The Bbc has only seen an edited excerpt of the footage published by.
In a statement shared with The Bbc , Mr Benton said: " Last month I was approached by a purported company offering me an expert advisory role.
" I met with two individuals claiming to represent The Company to find out what this role entailed.
" After This meeting, I was asked to forward my CV and some other personal details. I did not do so as I was concerned that what was being asked of me was not within Parliamentary rules.
" I contacted The Commons Registrar and the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner who clarified these rules for me and had no further contact with The Company . I did this before being made aware that The Company did not exist and the individuals claiming to represent it were journalists. "
The UK Parliament's prohibits MPs from lobbying In Return for payment.
The Code of conduct says MPs may not speak in The House of Commons and make approaches to ministers In Return for payment.
The Rules around lobbying in Parliament were tightened up in an updated version of The Code of conduct, which published in February following.
The Times investigation comes after a similar sting operation Set Up by Led By Donkeys, a political campaign group.
Senior MPs, including former cabinet ministers Matt Hancock and Kwasi Kwarteng , were filmed agreeing to work for a fake company for thousands of pounds A Day .
There has been in recent years, and calls for reform of The Rules after High Profile cases involving parliamentarians conducting private business outside of their Commons duties.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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