Sleaze probe into nuclear lobbying at Holyrood (UK)

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By Paul Hutcheon, Scottish Political Editor

PARLIAMENT bosses have been asked to investigate whether a controversial Holyrood body has flouted anti-sleaze rules.

The cross-party group (CPG) on the civil nuclear industry has failed to register a number of trips and dinners financed by organisations that support the controversial energy source.

The body, which is supposed to be neutral, has also failed to declare the administrative support it receives from nuclear power firm British Energy ...

The CPG didn’t mention on its website that secretarial support is provided by British Energy, the pro-nuclear company that runs eight power stations in the UK. Services include drafting agendas and taking minutes of meetings, none of which is made available to the public ...

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