Peter Bone: Tory MP Investigated Over Expenses

A Westminster standards watchdog has launched an investigation into expenses claims made by a Conservative MP relating to his second home.

Wellingborough MP Peter Bone has been asked to answer questions on claims he made under the "additional costs allowance", The Times reports.

He is said to have claimed £89,185 under the allowance between 2005 and 2009 to rent a flat in Westminster.

Mr Bone has said he has done nothing wrong and sought approval from authorities before making the claims.

He told the newspaper: "I have always just rented (a second property) and I know I have stuck by all the rules and always sought approval.

"It is not unusual for MPs to have their expenses challenged by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority or the Standards Commissioner.

"I have done nothing wrong."

On Wednesday, Maria Miller resigned as culture secretary following a row over claims made in relation to her second home.

Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Hudson is behind the inquiry into Mr Bone's expenses.

Following an investigation into Mrs Miller's claims, Ms Hudson recommended that she should repay £45,000, but that sum was reduced to £5,800 by the Standards Committee.

Mrs Miller apologised in the House of Commons and later stood down because the expenses claim had become a "distraction" to the Government.

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