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Lord Swraj Paul, Lord Bhatia face suspension from House of Lords over expenses scam | India-born British Labour politician Lord Swraj Paul,
along with another Indian and a Bangladeshi peer, investigated over the expenses claims face suspension from the House of Lords and repayment of tens of thousands
of pounds. According to the Telegraph, Lord Paul, Lord Bhatia and Baroness Uddin
are expected to be officially recommended for censure by the House of Lords
authorities.
Lord Paul has been recommended for a suspension of between four and six months
and has agreed to pay back 40,000 pounds in wrongly claimed expenses. Lord
Bhatia,
of Hampton in the London Borough of Richmond, faces a ban of between six and 12
months and is to repay 27,000 pounds voluntarily. Baroness Uddin, the first Muslim
woman to be appointed to the upper house, is set to be suspended for between a
year and 18 months, and has agreed to pay back 125,000 pounds. The trio was
investigated
by the Sub-Committee on Lords’ Interests, which examines allegations of
misconduct
in the Upper House. Lord Paul and Baroness Uddin were referred to the committee
after criminal investigations into their cases were dropped. It followed a series
of complaints into the alleged misuse of allowances, including a 174 pounds overnight
claim for a peer whose main home was outside London . Lord Paul had reportedly
claimed that his main home was a flat in Oxfordshire for claiming money in overnight
expenses for a London property. Baroness Uddin had reportedly registered her main
home in Maidstone , Kent , even though she owned another property in London.
Lord Bhatia has a 1.5million pound home in London, but in 2007 he “flipped” the
designation of his main home to a two-bedroom flat in Reigate, Surrey. |
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