Two members of the upper chamber of the British Parliament suspended from work for bribery, announced on 20 May channel Sky News. Members of the ruling Labor Party, Peter Traskott and Thomas Taylor were dismissed from their posts until the end of the current session of Parliament.
By unanimous decision of the House of Lords Traskott and Taylor were found guilty of that for a certain amount of money were ready to try to make the necessary amendments to the laws of lobbyists. In doing so, they violated the rules by which the Lords' duty to act in harmony with their own honor. "
Information on corruption in the House of Lords appeared in January 2009 in the newspaper The Sunday Times. The publication of British claimed that four British pera expressed their willingness to take money for the amendment of laws in conversations with journalists who were interested in the role of lobbyists in this.
Such disciplinary action was applied to peram for the first time in 350 years. According to the AFP, in conjunction with the members of the privileges, are investigating the accident, had to determine whether such a removal from a legal point of view.
Remember, in the UK recently broke yet another corruption scandal, which resulted in the resignation of several members have left the House of Commons, including Speaker of the lower chamber of the British Parliament, Michael Martin.
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