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Hoon was one of the MPs named in the 2010 sting operation on political lobbying by the Channel 4 Dispatches programme. Hoon told an undercover reporter that he wanted to translate his knowledge and contacts into something that "frankly makes money". [28] On 22 March 2010 it was announced he had been suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party, alongside Patricia Hewitt and Stephen Byers. [29]

On 9 December 2010, Hoon, along with Stephen Byers and Richard Caborn were banned from having an ex-members pass. The Standards and Privileges Committee banned Hoon for a minimum five years as his was the most serious breach, whilst Byers received two years and Caborn six months. [30]

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The Right Honourable
Geoff Hoon
Geoffrey Hoon at the Pentagon.jpg
Hoon in 2002
Secretary of State for Transport
In office
3 October 2008 –5 June 2009
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Ashfield
1992–2010 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Minister for Europe
1999		Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary of State for Defence
1999–2005		Succeeded by
Preceded by Leader of the House of Commons
2005–2006		Succeeded by
Lord Privy Seal
2005–2006
Preceded by Minister for Europe
2006–2007		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Whip of the Labour Party
2007–2008		Succeeded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
2007–2008
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2008–2009		Succeeded by
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