Published Date:
03 July 2009
In a late-night Commons concession to anxious MPs, Justice Secretary Jack Straw climbs down on making a new code of conduct on parliamentary expenses legally binding (your report, 1 July). In a stroke the government has abandoned the one measure which might reassure a concerned public: making all MPs subject to the same rule of law as the rest of us.
BOB TAYLOR
Shiel Court
Glenrothes, Fife
The full article contains 72 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
02 July 2009 7:56 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
