Labour MP Jess Phillips is under investigation by a parliamentary watchdog over her declaration of interests. The Standards Commissioner has opened an investigation over an alleged breach of the MPS' Code of Conduct.
The alleged breach relates to the registration of financial interests. Under the code MPs must declare any money they are paid from outside interests.
Paragraph 14 of the code states that MPs must be “open and frank in drawing attention to any relevant interest in any proceeding of the House or its Committees, and in any communications with Ministers, Members, public officials or public office holders”.
Ms Phillips has been in breach of the rules in the past. Last year an investigation by the watchdog found she had failed to register a number of outside earnings within the 28-day deadline. These included a payment for a guest appearance on TV show Have I Got News For You.
She blamed the breach on an "administrative oversight".
