Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 9:59 am on 2 November 2011.
I agree with a lot of what the hon. Gentleman is saying, but much of the speech by my hon. Friend Paul Flynn dealt with direct payments to people who are elected. For example, if a company pays a councillor, it is regarded as a bribe and it is illegal, but similar payments to an MP are perfectly legal. Is that not the kind of contradiction to which my hon. Friend was pointing?