Susan Hawley, the director of the transparency campaign group Spotlight on Corruption, said: “It is essential that the House of Lords commissioners for standards conduct a thorough review into whether Lord Evans may have benefited his son and even himself.
Lord Evans’ involvement was part of discussions about £25,000 sponsorship of a House of Lords event on construction organised by a company run by his son and in which Lord Evans is a one-third shareholder.
Campaigners have called for Lord Evans of Watford, the peer facing cash-for-access questions, to be investigated for potential breaches of House of Lords rules, following a Guardian investigation.
Angela Smith, the leader of the House of Lords, said that if Evans had broken the rules he should “not be a member of the house”.
Campaigners raise concerns about Lord Evans of Watford’s conduct, while leader of Lords says he should ‘not be a member’ if rules were broken.
