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MP Conway 'told to repay money' | |
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A standards watchdog is to order MP Derek Conway to repay some of the taxpayers' money used to employ his elder son Henry, the BBC has learned. | |
Mr Conway has already been censured by the Standards and Privileges Committee for payments to younger son Freddie - a student in Newcastle at the time. | |
It is to release a second report on payments to Henry, after a complaint from Labour MP John Mann. | |
Mr Conway was told last year to repay £13,161 of money paid to Freddie. | |
The BBC understands the Commons Standards and Privileges Committee has upheld the second complaint against Mr Conway and he will have to write a letter of apology to the chairman of the committee and repay some of the money. | |
But he is not expected to be told to apologise on the floor of the House of Commons. | |
Mr Conway, MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup, was ordered to apologise to the House last year after the probe into his employment of Freddie. | |
The Standards and Privileges Committee said there was "no record" of what work Freddie had done and said the £1,000-plus a month he was paid was too high. | |
The MP later had the Conservative whip withdrawn, was suspended from the Commons for 10 days and has said he will stand down at the next election. | The MP later had the Conservative whip withdrawn, was suspended from the Commons for 10 days and has said he will stand down at the next election. |
He apologised but said Freddie had worked about 17 hours a week for him and had not infringed the staffing allowance rules. |