Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Sadiq Khan Excerpts
Tuesday 9th July 2013

(11 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Chloe Smith Portrait Miss Smith
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It is high time this is looked at. I think that the examples my hon. Friend has just given demonstrate that these are by no means isolated cases. It is the same old Labour party, which Len McCluskey still bankrolls, still rigs selections for, still controls and still chooses the leader for.

Sadiq Khan Portrait Sadiq Khan (Tooting) (Lab)
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The Minister talks about transparency in the political system. She will be aware of the huge concern in March last year when it was first disclosed that multi-millionaires were getting privileged access to No. 10 Downing street and potentially influencing Government policy. It is about more than just elections; it is about influencing Government policy. Does she think that those millionaires will have more of an impact or less of an impact at the next general election?

Chloe Smith Portrait Miss Smith
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I think that the right hon. Gentleman is just treading time until his leader gets up to speak. Perhaps the leader is as weak as he is.