Questions raised about Lords standards rules after Tory peer cleared of lobbying

Lord Chadlington was found not to have breached the Lords code of conduct because he did not directly approach the government on behalf of SG Recruitment. Photograph: Nick Harvey/Getty Images for Cartier

Labour has called for a review of the Lords conduct rules after the Conservative peer Lord Chadlington was cleared of lobbying for £50m Covid contracts awarded to a company in which he had a financial interest.

The Lords commissioner for standards Akbar Khan ruled that Peter Selwyn Gummer, who sits as Lord Chadlington in the upper house, had not broken any rules.