that was the indication that the house and senate, but bobby baker scandal at the same time, needed to have a code of conduct, disclosure rules come and some restrictions on lobbying, but also needed to have a bipartisan committee that oversaw ethics complaints in a systematic way, rather than having to create a special one on an ad hoc basis. write -- anything like that in the house of commons? >> yes. it began with an instance of members being accused of taking money to ask questions. from then on, the house paid more and more attention to ethical problems. it always been a code of honor. it could not just carry on in that way. the public wanted to be completely assured that there was no monkey business. on and on we went until 18 months ago, until the system which had built up in parliament, and in the house of commons in particular, for recording the interests of members, policing them, punishing them, till that system was shown to be unable to cope with the tsunami of complaints about how members had been treating their allowances. it was out of that the very difficult problem was

but that was the indication that the house and senate -- the bobby baker scandal in the senate around the same time -- needed to systematize -- needed to have a code of conduct, needed to have disclosure rules and needed to have some restrictions on lobbying, but also needed to have a committee, a bipartisan committee, if you will, that oversaw ethics complaints in a systematic way, rather than have to create special select committees on an ad hoc basis. >> you write, "nine senators and 22 representatives have been censured as a punishment for wrong-doing." anything like that in the house of commons? >> oh, yes. see, 15 to 20 years after the issues arose in congress, they arose in parliament. and it began as an instance of members were being accused of taking money to ask questions. and from then on, the house paid more and more attention to ethical problems. it has always been -- again, as it had been in congress -- a code of honor. it just couldn't carry on in that way, because the public wanted to be completely assured, i think, that there was no monkey business. and on and on we w

baker is going to be joining us in a couple minutes. but first a look at the topics and guest making up the sunday morning programs heard every sunday afternoon. with that, bobby jackson in the c-span radio. caller: thank you. the topics on the sunday shows will focus on the mid-term elections. also, the administrations and the congressional agendas. the guests on nbc meet the press hosted by david gregory will include white house press secretary robert gibbs. and the colorado senate nominees, republican ken buck and the democratic incumbent michael bennett. on abc's this week, cristian will talk with the delaware nominees, chris coons and republican chris tine oh dobble. the gesm on fox news sunday hosted by chris wallace include missouri claire mccask and john cornyn. he chairs the republican senatorial committee. also carlie theernie. on face the nation, from cbs you'll hear bomb schafer with former democratic chair howard dean and south carolina republican senator lindsey graham. and on cnn's state on the union candy controlie will talk to guests including david axel rod and former republican presidential candidate gary bower. you can listen to all five of