British peers suspected of willingness to "fix" the law of compensation. The shadow of such suspicion, in particular, is based on the four members of the House of Lords, under the guise of journalists, a British newspaper Sunday Times suggested changes to the law in exchange for the payment of "commissions" in the total amount of about 120 thousand pounds sterling (180 thousand U.S. dollars).
Journalists, according to the newspaper today, provided a foreign client who intends to establish a network of stores in the UK, but wishing it does not fall under one of the British laws. It gives local authorities the right to an additional tax operating on their territory companies to increase investment in the region or city as a whole.
The journalists appealed for help to the former Energy Minister, Lord Traskottu, former Defense Minister Muni, Lord, Lord Taylor and another peru, promising to pay for the service of 5 to 30 thousand pounds each. All four, according to the publication in the newspaper, expressed a willingness to help the "lobbyists". And conversations with two reporters from peers secretly recorded on a dictaphone.
Publication in the Sunday Times, as stated by the local commentators, has confirmed the validity of circulating in the British Parliament rumors about the possibility of "recruitment" peers to facilitate the introduction of the required changes in British law.
According to these rumors, lobbyists to achieve their goals quickly turned to than to the House of Deputies, as the latter are much greater social and legal control. Pery, do not receive wages for their parliamentary activities, may act as advisers to private companies on general issues that, in the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC, creates a "big gray area where it is difficult to anyone engaged in violation of rules and rules.
In connection with the allegations emerged on the four peers, the leader of the House of Lords, Baroness Royall said today the intention to conduct a thorough investigation.
