MR DOMINIC LAWSON AND THE SECURITY SERVICES

Early day motion 142, tabled 16 December 1998 by George Galloway (Labour). Signed by 15 members.

That this House is greatly disturbed by the news that a national newspaper editor, Mr Dominic Lawson of the Sunday Telegraph, has for a considerable period of time served as intelligence asset of the British security services, which paid him large sums of money into foreign bank accounts for the services he rendered under the guise of a journalist and editor; considers that his actions constitute not only a fraud upon his readership but a danger to genuine journalists, especially those working abroad; and calls upon Mr Lawson to resign his editorial position, failing which it calls upon his proprietor Mr Conrad Black to dismiss him forthwith.

Signatures by party: Labour 15.