'This looks terrible'
’s government looks set to support a move to abolish the House of Commons standards watchdog and block the suspension of a Tory MP.
He was found to have lobbied on behalf of two companies paying him more than £100,000 a year by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. The amendment would set up a new watchdog, which would be able to review Mr Paterson’s case and reform how sleaze investigations are handled. The statement cited the need for a wider appeals process and insisted the change is about ‘providing MPs from all political parties with the right to a fair hearing’.over who paid for his New Year 2020 holiday in the CaribbeanBernard Jenkin, a senior Tory MP backing the bid, admitted to the BBC: ‘This looks terrible, we’ve had a bad system for years and years and years. I just see this as an opportunity to fix it.
The amendment to overhaul the standards process was launched from the backbenches but has won government support
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