Labour peer Lord Alli is being investigated by the House of Lords’ standards watchdog over allegedly failing to register interests.A complaint was made during the last week about the long-standing Labour donor, who has been at the centre of a row over his donations of clothes to senior politicians, including Sir Keir Starmer.The prime minister has insisted he has always followed the rules and said Labour politicians will no longer take donations like this.As a peer in the House of Lords, Alli is required to register his interests in line with the parliamentary code of conduct.A Labour spokesperson said: “Lord Alli will cooperate fully with the Lords’ Commissioner and he is confident all interests have been registered. We cannot comment further while this is ongoing.”The BBC understands the investigation relates to a clerical element of already declared interests.The specifics of the complaint have not been made public.But Parliament’s website says Lord Alli is being investigated over potential breaches of rules about the “openness and accountability” of declarations.The rules say peers must register “all relevant interests, in order to make clear what are the interests that might reasonably be thought to influence their parliamentary actions”.The code of conduct also says: “Members are responsible for ensuring that their registered interests are accurate and up-to-date. They should register any change in their relevant interests within one month of the change.”The complaint will be investigated by the Lords Commissioners for Standards, who are also investigating the former Tory peer Lady Mone over her alleged involvement for procuring PPE contracts during the pandemic.The controversy over donations has dogged Sir Keir’s government since Labour won its landslide general election victo …
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[mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnLabour peer Lord Alli is being investigated by the House of Lords’ standards watchdog over allegedly failing to register interests.A complaint was made during the last week about the long-standing Labour donor, who has been at the centre of a row over his donations of clothes to senior politicians, including Sir Keir Starmer.The prime minister has insisted he has always followed the rules and said Labour politicians will no longer take donations like this.As a peer in the House of Lords, Alli is required to register his interests in line with the parliamentary code of conduct.A Labour spokesperson said: “Lord Alli will cooperate fully with the Lords’ Commissioner and he is confident all interests have been registered. We cannot comment further while this is ongoing.”The BBC understands the investigation relates to a clerical element of already declared interests.The specifics of the complaint have not been made public.But Parliament’s website says Lord Alli is being investigated over potential breaches of rules about the “openness and accountability” of declarations.The rules say peers must register “all relevant interests, in order to make clear what are the interests that might reasonably be thought to influence their parliamentary actions”.The code of conduct also says: “Members are responsible for ensuring that their registered interests are accurate and up-to-date. They should register any change in their relevant interests within one month of the change.”The complaint will be investigated by the Lords Commissioners for Standards, who are also investigating the former Tory peer Lady Mone over her alleged involvement for procuring PPE contracts during the pandemic.The controversy over donations has dogged Sir Keir’s government since Labour won its landslide general election victo …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]
