Paul White, Lord Hanningfield
Paul White, Lord Hanningfield has been a non-affiliated member of the House of Lords since 1998. He is a member of Essex County Council and a vice-president of the Local Government Association.[1]
White served nine weeks of a nine-month prison sentence in 2011 for falsely claiming £28,000 in parliamentary expenses.[2]
'Clocking in' to claim expenses
In December 2013, the Daily Mirror claimed that White was regularly 'clocking in' to the House of Lords to claim expenses and leaving after only a few minutes. In response, he told the Mirror: 'Lot’s of peers just go in and check in for their expenses I agree, but they are using their expenses for a lot of things, entertaining, meeting people, employing people. Lots of peers like I do have an assistant .'[3]
Notes
- ↑ Lord Hanningfield, www.parliament.uk, accessed 17 December 2013.
- ↑ Press Association, Lord Hanningfield defends 'clocking in' to claim expenses, theguardian.com, 17 December 2013.
- ↑ Lord Hanningfield expenses scandal: 'There are 50 other peers doing it that I could name', Daily Mirror, 17 December 2013.
