Expelled MP may face Met inquiry

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Derek Conway, who was stripped of the Conservative whip by party leader David Cameron on Monday, has been reported to Scotland Yard by a political rival.

Duncan Borrowman, the Liberal Democrat challenger for the MP's Old Bexley and Sidcup seat, has written to the Metropolitan Police asking them to examine whether a fraud has been committed.

His letter had not been received by detectives late Monday night.

Mr Cameron's action followed a highly critical report which condemned Mr Conway's use of parliamentary allowances to pay his son Freddie more than £40,000.

The House of Commons Standards and Privileges Committee said Mr Conway "misused" parliamentary funds by paying an annual £11,773 salary, plus bonuses totalling more than £10,000, to his younger son, who was "all but invisible" at Westminster.

It found the arrangement was "at the least, an improper use of Parliamentary allowances: at worst, it was a serious diversion of public funds".

MPs are expected to vote on Wednesday on the report's recommendation that Mr Conway should be suspended from the Commons for 10 days and required to repay up to £13,161 of the cash.

Now Parliamentary Standards Commissioner John Lyon is considering a complaint from Labour MP John Mann over allegations surrounding payments to Mr Conway's other son, Henry.

The Daily Mail has claimed that Henry, too, had been paid bonuses.