Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lamy is under investigation for allegations allegedly linked to late registration of financial interests.
Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Catherine Stone considered possible violations of the code of conduct for MPs in areas covering income, gifts and travel abroad. The Labor MP apologized for the mistake and said he had introduced “revised systems” to prevent late declarations in the future.
This was included in an update on the parliament’s website after Stone launched the investigation on Wednesday.
The Tottenham MP in north London joins Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer in the oversight investigation. Starmer said he was “absolutely sure” he had not broken the rules, as he blamed the investigation for administrative errors in his office.
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According to the rules, deputies must register changes in their financial interests within 28 days. Lamy’s financial register contains a number of interests registered after this period, including a speech in the United States about the invasion of Ukraine. An amount of £ 3,280 received from the Canary Wharf Group on 1 December for a speech and question session was not registered until 27 May.
A Lammy spokesman said: “David Lamy takes his declaration responsibilities seriously and as soon as this was brought to his attention, he wrote to the members’ financial interests registrar to apologize for administrative errors in his office that led to late declarations. in December last year. year.
“He assured the registrar that he had introduced revised systems so that declarations could be made in a timely manner. We will be happy to provide the Commissioner for Parliamentary Standards with any additional information. “
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