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| Nadine Dorries faces 'I'm A Celebrity fee' inquiry | Nadine Dorries faces 'I'm A Celebrity fee' inquiry |
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| Tory MP Nadine Dorries is facing an inquiry from the parliamentary commissioner for standards. | |
| The probe is understood to concern her fee for her autumn appearance on ITV's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here. | The probe is understood to concern her fee for her autumn appearance on ITV's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here. |
| A spokesman for commissioner Kathryn Hudson said she had decided to pursue a complaint received earlier this week. | A spokesman for commissioner Kathryn Hudson said she had decided to pursue a complaint received earlier this week. |
| Ms Dorries, who recently suggested she had not yet received an appearance fee and would obey Commons rules if she did, said she was being "hounded". | Ms Dorries, who recently suggested she had not yet received an appearance fee and would obey Commons rules if she did, said she was being "hounded". |
| The Conservative MP has yet to declare any fee from the reality TV show in the Commons register of members' interests. | The Conservative MP has yet to declare any fee from the reality TV show in the Commons register of members' interests. |
| In a recent appearance on the BBC's Sunday Politics programme, Ms Dorries said she had not "personally" benefited from going into the jungle. | In a recent appearance on the BBC's Sunday Politics programme, Ms Dorries said she had not "personally" benefited from going into the jungle. |
| She said she had a company and added: "When I benefit personally from that I will have to declare it to the register." | She said she had a company and added: "When I benefit personally from that I will have to declare it to the register." |
| Companies House records show she became a director of a limited company called Averbrook in October last year, shortly before going onto the show. | Companies House records show she became a director of a limited company called Averbrook in October last year, shortly before going onto the show. |
| In response to the complaint, Ms Dorries told BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins: "I'm a backbencher not a minister. My personal finances are my business and nobody else's and if I choose to take money from the company then I will declare it immediately to the standards commissioner." | In response to the complaint, Ms Dorries told BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins: "I'm a backbencher not a minister. My personal finances are my business and nobody else's and if I choose to take money from the company then I will declare it immediately to the standards commissioner." |
| Later, she took to Twitter to add: "If I haven't declared anything, it's because I haven't earnt anything. I must be the most hounded MP in parliament. | Later, she took to Twitter to add: "If I haven't declared anything, it's because I haven't earnt anything. I must be the most hounded MP in parliament. |
| "Journalists, when the standards commissioner concludes the investigation and says there was no case to answer, will you give it prominent coverage?" | "Journalists, when the standards commissioner concludes the investigation and says there was no case to answer, will you give it prominent coverage?" |
| The Conservative Party suspended Ms Dorries following her TV appearance, but reinstated her last month. | The Conservative Party suspended Ms Dorries following her TV appearance, but reinstated her last month. |