Members of the UK Parliament have allegedly been spotted associating with sex workers during foreign visits, according to the British newspaper Times.
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“Members of the British Parliament during a foreign visit were met by sex workers,” wrote columnist Henry Zeffman.
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According to him, parliamentarians were warned that such behavior posed a risk to them because of the threat of blackmail.
The allegations will raise further questions about the purpose of cross-party parliamentary groups (APPGs), informal bodies of MPs and peers that meet to discuss specific topics.
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Some of these groups, the journalist said, organize business trips in a format in which all expenses are paid from the budget. It is these trips that can serve for entertainment purposes at the expense of taxpayers.
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“Bad behavior is simply overwhelming,” an unnamed government source told.
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He also added that if representatives of an unfriendly state receive photographs or other evidence of defiant behavior of parliamentarians, this could turn into a big problem for the country.