Mp Offered Government Job 'to Silence Me'

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A Westcountry MP has revealed how she turned down a Government job so as not to be "silenced" on behalf of her constituents.

In outspoken remarks that lift the lid on the inner workings of Parliament, Dr Sarah Wollaston, Conservative MP for Totnes, also voiced concern about how she was effectively blocked by party enforcers from a key committee examining health legislation for not toeing the line. She cast doubt on the "effective scrutiny" of major legislation which will see a farreaching shake-up of the NHS.

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Mp Offered Government Job 'to Silence Me'

Dr Wollaston argued the rubber-stamping of Bills was a "wast...

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