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2 unusual facts about Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards


Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards

The second Commissioner was Elizabeth Filkin (1999–2002), whose first case involved Peter Mandelson and a large loan which he had failed to declare in the Register of Members' Interests.

In an article about John Lyon's questioning by the parliamentary enquiry into MPs' expenses, Private Eye described him as 'feeble' and an 'establishment stooge'.



see also

Filkin

Elizabeth Filkin (born 1940), British civil servant, Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards 1999–2002