The Labour MP John Mann has today written to Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, asking him to investigate former Immigration Minister Mark Harper following the revelation that he paid an illegal immigrant to clean his Westminster flat. John Mann commented: "I have referred Mark Harper to the police as legal experts are suggesting that by employing an illegal immigrant and failing to keep the relevant documents, he may well have broken the law."
Continuing John Mann said: "The idea of Harper's resignation being "honourable" is nonsense. As Immigration Minister, he claimed more than £2,000 in expenses from the taxpayer to pay an illegal immigrant to clean his home and iron his clothes. I have already called for Mark Harper to reject the £8,000 payoff he can expect after quitting. That however is not enough - the case clearly warrants a full police investigation."
