Blackburn MP Jack Straw has denied offering his influence in return for thousands of pounds. The former foreign secretary along with Sir Malcolm Rifkind are accused of offering 'cash for access' to s fictitious company in an undercover investigation. Both have referred themselves to Parliament's commissioner for standards
Labour MP John Mann says an extract from the Committee on Standards and Privileges report into the undercover sting involving Geoff Hoon and others is 'bad news' for Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind.
The report argued that in that case, Geoff Hoon had, at a meeting with an undercover reporter, referred constantly to his 'experience of public life as qualifying him' for appointments.
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