§ Mr. John Marshall (Hendon, South)Having been challenged by the hon. Member for Newport, West (Mr. Flynn) to produce a genuine point of order, I should like to do so. Yesterday, I was surprised to read in The Mail on Sunday that the hon. Member for Redcar (Ms Mowlam) has a research assistant paid for by Mirror Group Newspapers. I was even more surprised when I looked in the Register of Members's Interests and discovered that that had not been reported. Should it not have been reported? I told the hon. Lady that I would be raising this issue at 3.30 this afternoon. Is it not surprising that a great national newspaper should be engaged in a course of action that might be conceived as buying influence in this place?
§ Madam SpeakerThat is not my concern—my concern is that all hon. Members who receive outside finances report it correctly. I am sure that the hon. Member for Redcar will now do so, as the hon. Gentleman has reminded her of it.
§ Mr. Piers Merchant (Beckenham)Further to that point of order—
§ Madam SpeakerOrder. There is no further point of order. Hon. Members have four weeks in which to report such information, and I am sure that the hon. Lady will take the necessary action. That matter has now been dealt with.