The parliamentary standards commissioner will open an investigation into the alleged breach of MPs’ Code of Conduct by senior Labour lawmaker Keith Vaz, who was allegedly linked to male prostitutes with references to drugs as revealed by tabloids recently.
Scotland Yard is currently assessing whether any criminal offences had been committed during Vaz's encounter with the male escorts at his London flat in August. The Sunday Mirror’s expose also included references to drugs.
The standards commissioner said Vaz was among MPs who are currently the subject of its investigations, but added that the move had been suspended pending the outcome of the assessment by Scotland Yard.
The commissioner is specifically looking at the alleged breach by Vaz of two paragraphs in the Code of Conduct of the House of Commons applicable to MPs.
