STARMER FACES VOTE ON MANDELSON INQUIRY – Misleading the House is considered a resigning matter for government ministers
Sir Keir Starmer faces a vote on whether he should be investigated over claims that he misled Parliament about the Mandelson scandal.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker of the Commons, said he would allow MPs to decide whether the privileges committee should open an ethics inquiry into claims that the Prime Minister lied when he said “full due process” was followed in vetting the peer.
News that there will be a vote increases the pressure on the Prime Minister. An inquiry by the privileges committee would carry jeopardy because misleading the Commons is traditionally considered a resigning matter for government ministers.
