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Quarter of MPs calling to replace sleaze watchdog have been punished by it

Labour accused Tories of ‘wallowing in sleaze’ as vote to create new committee to review misconduct rules passes in Parliament

By Adam Bychawski
Quarter of MPs calling to replace sleaze watchdog have been punished by it
59 MPs are calling for the decision to suspend Tory MP Owen Paterson to be reversed | Alamy Stock Photo
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Almost a quarter of MPs calling for a review into the parliamentary sleaze watchdog have previously been found to have broken rules after being investigated by the regulator.

Fifty-nine MPs have backed an amendment that would reject a decision by the Committee on Standards, a cross-party group of MPs, to suspend Conservative MP Owen Paterson for breaching lobbying rules.

Among those who supported Paterson are Conservative MP Richard Drax, who failed to declare a grouse moor, and Tory MP David Morris, who asked questions in Parliament about a firm he had received a £10,000 donation from.

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