Questions raised about Lords standards rules after Tory peer cleared of lobbying

Peter Selwyn Gummer, Lord Chadlington, had stake in company awarded 50m Covid contracts via government VIP lane

Labour has called for a review of the Lords conduct rules after the Conservative peer Lord Chadlington was cleared of lobbying for 50m Covid contracts awarded to a company in which he had a financial interest.

The Lords commissioner for standards Akbar Khan ruled that Peter Selwyn Gummer, who sits as Lord Chadlington in the upper house, had not broken any rules.