MPs have voted to back a controversial review into disciplinary procedures, which has resulted in a Conservative MP avoiding suspension after breaching lobbying rules.
Owen Paterson has avoided punishment, despite being found to have committed an “egregious” breach of the rules. Boris Johnson urged Conservatives not to back the cross-party Standards Committee’s call for a six-week ban from Parliament for the North Shropshire MP, who was found to have repeatedly lobbied ministers and officials on behalf of two companies paying him more than £100,000 per year.
Instead, MPs backed an amendment calling for a review of his case, which will be conducted by a Tory-majority committee. READ MORE: Coronavirus vaccination 'to be made compulsory for
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