During resumed debate on the Academies Bill at committee stage on 22 July 2010, Mr Coaker said he feared any watering down of playing field regulations could be "very damaging" to pupils' education.
But interviews with former employees of Nexus reveal that Doherty has a history of allegedly questionable business practices, including playing fast and loose with regulations governing the transport of firearms on cargo vessels.
By making sure the debate takes place at the state level and not at hundreds of local levels, we can prevent a patchwork of regulations that create an uneven playing field.
What makes these accounts so critical to politicians are insider trading regulations that try to create a level playing field for both a taxi driver and Warren Buffett.
But FIT said more concerning was the situation for academies and new free schools, which are exempt from government regulations that govern mainstream schools' freedom to sell off their playing fields.