Not exact matches
David Laws was forced to apologise to
parliament and his constituents today after the
standards commissioner suspended him from the Commons for seven days.
Sir Ian Kennedy, chairman of the Independent Parliamentary
Standards Authority, told The Sunday Times (#) that
Parliament should end the system under which a cross-party committee of MPs is able to overrule the findings of an investigation by the
standards commissioner.
Parliament's
commissioner for
standards, John Lyon, will issue his verdict on the case later this week.
The Tooting MP was found by
parliament's
standards commissioner John Lyon to have broken the rules governing the use of Commons resources during elections.
Senior coalition sources say his return will be «fast tracked» — as long as he is not censured heavily in an up - coming report by
parliament's
standards commissioner.
The shadow chancellor was investigated by
Parliament's
standards commissioner over his second home allowance after a complaint from a Labour activist.