Labour MP apologises for not declaring donation from firm he praised in Commons

Steve Yemm said in the Commons that Power Saving Solutions and JCB were ‘enfranchising themselves to make Britain a clean energy superpower’. Photograph: House of Commons/Reuters

A Labour MP has apologised and referred himself to the standards commissioner after promoting a company in the Commons without declaring it had given him a £10,000 donation.

Steve Yemm, the Labour MP for Mansfield, spoke in a debate about construction standards last month and praised the electrical utility company Power Saving Solutions as “a company that is enabling reduced reliance on diesel-generated power on building sites”.