Call for investigation after Tory candidate fails to declare shares.

Following the revelation in today’s Standard that Boris Johnson failed to declare his share ownership in a TV company, Labour’s Karen Buck has asked the Commissioner for Parliamentary standards to investigate.

Karen Buck MP for Regent’s Park and Kensington said:

“Boris Johnson is trying to repackage himself as a serious and competent politician whilst claiming that his failure to comply with rules on reporting these share holdings to the Parliamentary commission was simply an oversight.
“I am afraid this once again calls into question Boris Johnson’s competency for one of the most serious jobs in the country.
“I have today written to Commissioner for Parliamentary standards to seek an investigation into this apparent breach of the rules.”

Clive Efford, Labour’s MP for Eltham said:

“This is not a small technical breach of parliamentary rules but a serious one that should be investigated by the House of Commons authorities to determine if further actions are required.
“That he appears to have broken the rules in this way exposes Boris Johnson’s hypocrisy in claiming he wants greater transparency, although I suspect that this is not due to a deliberate attempt to subvert the Commons’ rules and is just typical of Boris Johnson’s sheer ineptitude.
“Given all the publicity around these issues, it incredulous that anyone but a complete incompetent could make such an oversight.
“If he can’t get his own finances in order, how can Boris Johnson’s ask people to trust him with London’s £39 billion transport budget?”