MPs to question chair of appointments panel over Evgeny Lebedev peerage

Committee summons Paul Bew to give evidence on No 10's role in Standard owner's appointment to Lords

The chair of the commission that advised on the appointment of the Evening Standard owner Evgeny Lebedev to the House of Lords has been summoned to give evidence to MPs when parliament returns next week.

Paul Bew, an Irish historian, will appear before parliament's public administration committee on Wednesday to answer what its chair described as very serious questions" about Downing's Street's role in the appointment.