Owen Paterson loses ECHR appeal against report that preceded downfall
by David Pegg, Felicity Lawrence and Rob Evans from World news | The Guardian on (#6QVKD)
Judges ruled investigation into then-MP that found he repeatedly engaged in improper lobbying was fair
The European court of human rights has dismissed an appeal by the former MP Owen Paterson against the parliamentary report that preceded his political downfall.
Paterson, a former environment secretary and influential pro-Brexit Conservative, resigned as an MP in 2021 after an investigation by the parliamentary commissioner for standards established that he had repeatedly engaged in improper lobbying.
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