I’m sure there’s an interesting story to be told today about lobbyists gaining access to the Commons by MPs hiring out rooms to entertain them. The authorities have released the full list of “banqueting office functions” booked from 2004 to 2009. (To be fair many of the guests are charities etc)
But for now it’s mainly amusement value: eg David Cameron hiring Dining Room C for “tea” with the “West Oxfordshire Lady Freemasons.”
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