MPs to vote on whether to suspend former Secretary of State Owen Patterson

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Tory MP Owen Paterson

By Q Radio news

MPs will vote later on whether to suspend former Northern Ireland Secretary of State Owen Paterson from the House of Commons for breaking lobbying rules.

His allies are trying to stop that from happening.

An MP's watchdog found he used his position as an MP to benefit two companies that paid him as a consultant.

Andrea Leadsom has asked for the whole system to be reviewed instead and we're now hearing the Prime Minister agrees.

Labour's shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy feels it's one rule for the Tory party, and another for everyone else.

 

(Tory MP Owen Paterson)

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