Editing Neil Hamilton (politician) (section)

====Minister in Major Government====
From 1992 to 1994, Hamilton was the Minister for [[Deregulation]] and [[Corporate Affairs]] in [[John Major]]'s government. He came under pressure to step down after the resignation of another minister, [[Tim Smith (British politician)|Tim Smith]], on 19 October 1994, after Smith had admitted to taking money in the [[cash-for-questions affair]]. Facing the same allegations,<ref>David Hencke, [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/conservatives/story/0,,536101,00.html Tory MPs were paid to plant questions says Harrods chief] in [[The Guardian]] dated 20 October 1994</ref> Hamilton denied them and issued proceedings for [[libel]], but he resigned on 26 October at the insistence of [[John Major]].<ref>"The individual responsibility of ministers" in David Pollard, Neil Parpworth, David Hughes,  ''Constitutional and Administrative Law: Text with Materials'' (Oxford University Press, 2007), [https://books.google.com/books?id=u3BqMbyWXeMC&pg=PA171  p. 171]</ref>