Tory MP investigated over alleged improper lobbying of NHS

Steve Brine, chairman of the Commons health committee, is being investigated by parliament’s standards commissioner

Conservative MP Steve Brine is being investigated by the Standards Commissioner (Stefan Rousseau/PA) (PA Wire)

A senior Tory MP is being investigated by parliament’s sleaze watchdog following claims he lobbied the NHS on behalf of a client during the Covid crisis.

Steve Brine, chairman of the Commons health committee, is under investigation amid allegations of improper behaviour on behalf of a firm for which he was working as a paid consultant.

His case is being looked into by the parliamentary commissioner for standards, Daniel Greenberg.