«The Government made a big
play after the expenses scandal of bringing back integrity to politics and this does the exact opposite,» Mr Mann told BBC Radio 4's Today.
Douglas Hogg, the former Conservative cabinet minister who
played a notable part in the MPs»
expenses scandal after it was alleged that he had claimed money for the clearing of the moat at his country house in Lincolnshire, has emerged as a frontrunner to win a hereditary place in the House of Lords.