abstract:John MacDonald Lyon CB (born 12 April 1948)Who's Who 2013 served as British Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2012.Parliamentary Commissioner for Standardshttp://www.
Standards Commissioner JohnLyon told the committee that normally he would not submit a memorandum to the committee if an MP corrected the register after unintentionally failing to register a donation.
But Mr Morgan hit back at Mr Hain's version of events, saying he was angry at the fact that JohnLyon had only spoken to the former minister in the course of his investigation.
Parliamentary Standards Commissioner JohnLyon found Mr MacShane had entered 19 "misleading" expenses claims for thousands of pounds of research and translation services from a body called the European Policy Institute (EPI), signed by its supposed general manager.