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The paper said the footage was filmed in Sewel’s flat in Dolphin Square, just a short walk from the House of Lords.
In the video, Sewel, who has been a peer since 1996, is asked whether he receives expenses, and explains that he now gets a flat-rate allowance of £200 a day, though he alludes to the system being less rewarding than it once was.
“It’s all changed and disappeared. People were making false claims,” he is heard saying. “Members of her lordship’s house … are right thieves, rogues and *** at times. Wonderful people that they are.”
In the video, Sewel, who has been a peer since 1996, is asked whether he receives expenses, and explains that he now gets a flat-rate allowance of £200 a day, though he alludes to the system being less rewarding than it once was.
“It’s all changed and disappeared. People were making false claims,” he is heard saying. “Members of her lordship’s house … are right thieves, rogues and *** at times. Wonderful people that they are.”
Oh dear! The allowance for peers is £300 a day, and does not apply to Sewel, who is paid a salary of £84,525 for his role as chairman of committees. As he declared his main residence was in Aberdeenshire, he was also entitled to a tax-free office holder’s allowance of £36,000 plus travel and other expenses.
Sewel is facing a police investigation after quitting as deputy speaker of the House of Lords over a video allegedly showing him taking cocaine with sex workers.
The speaker of the Lords, Baroness D’Souza called the crossbench peer’s alleged behaviour “shocking and unacceptable” and said she was referring the matter to Scotland Yard! Bring it on!
The speaker of the Lords, Baroness D’Souza called the crossbench peer’s alleged behaviour “shocking and unacceptable” and said she was referring the matter to Scotland Yard! Bring it on!
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