Former Tory MP Owen Paterson takes government to European court of human rights - saying lobbying probe breached his right to privacy
He resigned last year as MP for North Shropshire after Boris Johnson made clear he would no longer block efforts to prevent him from being punished by parliament for lobbying.He was found to have repeatedly lobbied the government on behalf of two companies that were paying him more than £100,000 a year and faced a 30-day suspension and a potential by-election before he stepped down.
Mr Paterson's submission to the court says his right to privacy under the European Convention of Human Rights was infringed and that the public finding that he breached the Code of Conduct ‘damaged his good reputation’. The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone last year found the then-Conservative MP for North Shropshire breached the Commons code of conduct by lobbying ministers.
In early November 2021, then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried to change the rules to prevent Mr Paterson's suspension, before being forced to U-turn just 24 hours later in the face of public anger.
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