Sentences with phrase «peerages inquiry»

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«It is beyond disappointing that Shami Chakrabarti has been offered, and accepted, a peerage from Labour following her so - called «independent» inquiry.

This «whitewash for peerages» is a scandal that surely raises serious questions about the integrity of Ms Chakrabarti, her inquiry and the Labour leadership.»

A Westminster inquiry into the row over Lord Ashcroft's peerage was thrown into turmoil when the Tory MPs on the committee walked out and said they were boycotting it permanently.

Labour also suffered the indignity of a criminal inquiry into claims that it had sold peerages.

It was the revelation that millions of pounds in undeclared loans had been received by both Labour and the Conservatives, and that several of these donors had been nominated for peerages, that prompted the police inquiry.

According to party sources, there are several reasons for the decision not to nominate the former minister for a peerage: his support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq; a damages claim that is being brought against him by a Libyan couple who were «rendered» to one of Muammar Gaddafi's prisons; an ongoing inquiry by Westminster's intelligence and security committee (ISC) into that and other rendition allegations; and the words that were captured by the undercover reporter.

Corbyn faces backlash over Shami Chakrabarti's peerage after she led Labour's anti-Semitism inquiry

Marie van der Zyl, vice president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said: «This «whitewash for peerages» is a scandal that surely raises serious questions about the integrity of Ms Chakrabarti, her inquiry and the Labour leadership.»

Mr Vaz said: «It will actually severely prejudice that inquiry if it turns out that she was offered a peerage in order to conduct the inquiry or during the inquiry.»