Duncan Borrowman condemns Conway easy payment deal

5.50.53pm UTC (GMT +0000) Mon 28th Jul 2008

Duncan Borrowman, the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Old Bexley & Sidcup has condemned the the deal between local MP Derek Conway and Parliamentary authorities, which will see Mr Conway paying back just £1,096 a month for a year.

Mr Borrowman said: "Derek Conway's younger son received £50,000 in pay and pension contributions, even though no evidence was ever found that he worked for the money. Mr Conway also pocketed a £163,000 windfall from the sale of a property, understood to have been subsidised by the taxpayer. There are still no answers to questions as to whether Mr Conway's other son, Henry, did any work for the £32,000 he was paid."

Duncan Borrowman, who made a formal complaint to the Police about Mr Conway and asked the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to look at Henry Conway's employment added; "Mr Conway clings on to the Old Bexley & Sidcup seat in Parliament, and will pick up a fat pension from taxpayers after the General Election, but all he is paying back is a derisory £13,160 in 12 installments. If I was him I wouldn't be able to sleep at night with the guilt."

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