Corruption and lying in a parliamentary democracy: British politics at the end of the twentieth century

Crime, Law and Social Change

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-235

  Bartlett, David M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 27144440177     PISSN: 09254994     EISSN: 15730751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008338011176     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Alan Doig, "From Lynskey to Nolan: The Corruption of British Politics and Public Service", in Michael Levi and David Nelken (eds), The Corruption Of Politics and The Politics Of Corruption (Oxford: Blackwell, 1996), 36-56.
2. Lord Nolan, Standards in Public Life, First Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. Volume 1: Report (Comd. 2850-I, 1994-5. HMSO: London, 1995), para 1.7: 2.58.
3. Patrick DUnleavy and Stuart Weir, "Media, Opinion And The Constitution", in F.F. Ridley and Alan Doig (eds), Sleaze: Politicians, Private Interests and Public Reaction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), 54-68 (page 55-6).
4. Dawn Oliver, Regulating the Conduct of MPs. The British Experience of Combating Corruption, Political Studies Vol. 45, No. 3 (1997), 539-558. Nolan reported in 1995 that some 30 percent of MPs currently held "consultancies" (4, para 2.13-15): MPs were at the bottom of the scale for personal honesty in public esteem; 64 percent of respondents agreed that "most MPs make a lot of money by using public office improperly", 77 percent believed that "MPs care more about special interests than about people like themselves". Only 28 percent thought MPs had a "high moral code" (ibid., para 2.3-4: appendix 1).
5. Also, Trevor Smith, "Causes, Concerns and Cures", in Ridley and Doig (eds), 6-7;
6. Roger Mortimore, "Politics and Public Perceptions", in ibid., 31-41; Dunleavy and Weir.
7. Select Committee On Members Interests, Report Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence and Appendices (House of Commons, Session 1984-5, 408. HMSO: London, 1985), para 12-16.
8. Ibid., para 7.
9. Ibid., para 9-10.