Thangam Debbonaire responds to government U-turn

Thangam Debbonaire, Labour's Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, responding to the government’s U-turn over changes to MPs conduct rules, said:

"The Government's pathetic attempt to hide from their actions doesn't fix anything.

"Last night, they voted to allow corruption to take place unimpeded at the heart of British politics.

"MPs must now vote to uphold the sanctions against Owen Paterson. Any other result will allow Boris Johnson to create one rule for Tory MPs, another for everyone else."