If MP;s can take tax payers money under false claims and the police are unable to take action then it is way over due that a criminal law is brought in to rectify this omission and fast !

All expenses should be accounted for without exemption.

Paul, Droitwich Spa, UK

The British People have to revolt against their government and restore (Great) back into Britain before its too late. Our people are being robbed of everything they and their ancestors worked for & died for. The government have gained too much power within Britain. Its time, its time for every British citizen to take back whats rightfully theres and restore britains greatness.

Joseph, Stevenston,

If it were thought that I had misappropriatied money from an organisation, would the police decline to investigate because that the organisation's accounts happened to be in a mess?

Robert, Hull, East Yorkshire

Reply to Garth:
"This scepic isle..."
Hilda Baker (circa 1960)

Robert, Hull, East Yorkshire

Sorry, Garth: "This septic isle...."

Robert, Hull, East Yorkshire

Under the new disclosure rules MPs will only have to disclose relatives they employ, NOT the relatives of other MPs.
The 4 month changeover period will allow MPs to swap relatives with other MPs, thus preventing their names being disclosed, and they can then carry on as usual.

Peter Hooper, Windsor., UK

Pathetic!CONway gets away with nicking public money.

john, shrewsbury, uk

Doesnt suprise me. MPs rarely get the punishment they deserve, there is usually some way out of their predicament. The man in the street would have been heavily fined or jailed for the same "crime". Think I will stand for election as an MP and see what I can do to bolster my flagging income due to taxes and higher than they say inflation rate.

Patricia Beatrice Kenny, Bradford , UK

Not so much "lack of systems", probably more like "plenty of old school tie" and "Establishment looks after its own (again)".

Neil, Gloucestershire, England

For MPs expenses the records are incomplete, so no prosecution.
If only it was so simple for Joe Public, try telling the HMRC that your records are incomplete !

jasper, chelmsford,

The MP's ruling us just haven't caught on to what the people really want or think !! The Mother of all Parliaments is at present the old hag of Never Never land !!!

Ian Payne, WALSALL,

It’s disgraceful that no action will be taken to test fully the use of public money in the case of the MP Derek Conway.
Edix Portugal

Eric Dixon, Serra d'El Rei, Portugal

Remember how Shakespeare described Britain?:

"This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle,

This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,

This other Eden, demi-paradise,

This fortress built by Nature for herself

Against infection and the hand of war,

This happy breed of men, this little world,

This precious stone set in the silver sea,

Which serves it in the office of a wall,

Or as a moat defensive to a house,

Against the envy of less happier lands,

This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England"

From Richard II, Act 2 (Shakespeare)

How would he describe Britain today?

I strongly believe that a terrible day of cleansing will inevitably dawn in Britain... when the corrupt will be thrown out... and Great Britain will be restored!

God Bless England...God Save The Queen!

Garth Strong, San Diego, USA

Gee there's a suprise !!

howard tweed, nanaimo bc, canada

I hate to say it, but this is a sensible and logical outcome.
The "Honourable Gentlemen" have managed to recreate Alice's Wonderland, with checks and controls so vague that any further action would fall flat: the rules that bind the rest of us have simply never been in place in parliament.Conway's time-serving mistake was to know how to play the system better than a newly elected MP.
The good news is that they are now being forced to reveal their practices to the public eye.
Small wonder that "Many MPs remain furious with him " - you bet they are, Pandora's Box is now open.
Time for the next 'Bremner, Bird and Fortune' TV series? Their script is already written.

MikeM, St. Albans, England

When he became Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair said that he would crack down on illegal drug taking by the better off.

Anyone would think that this would include wealthy pop stars who stagger round London reportedly drugged up and constantly photographed by the press. Why does he not take any action?

He does seem to talk more than act.

Marek, london,

If that's the case, put me down for fifty grand, I won't do anything for it either, in fact having been unemployed for nearly five years, with no benefits, I reckon I've earned it!

Clive Burghard, LANCING, ENGLAND

The UK a 'democratic' country yet the people have so say, and the goons in power look after each other. I don't see any difference between the UK government. and any African county government. Does words like corruption, 'third world' and nepotism spring to mind?

Andrew Baker, Brisbane, AU

One rule for you and one rule for me. Who do you represent you or me?

steve tea, manchesters, cheshire

yet again we have politicians who escape the law of the land,if this is an example to the British public on how fraud is acceptable at the highest level , but not those at the bottom ,it shows what a corrupt society the politicians have created.

Graham Shaw, cambs, England

They have all been rumbled at last! If anyone needed any proof that you cannot trust a politician, they now have it.

Surely the answer to all this is for the Government to provide serviced accommodation for MPs deemed to live too far away from Westminster to be able to travel to the House of Commons, and to provide salaried staff for them to carry out their research and administration duties. Yes of course it will cost money, but it will be managed and controlled and not susceptible to manipulation.

Steve , Liverpool, UK

Once again it appears that these people are above the law.
He is still being paid as an MP but doing little to earn it.
This is shameful!!!!!

barbara, north east,

If Mr Conway had fiddled claims for benefits payments, which would in all likelihood have been for far smaller sums, there would be no question; he would be facing criminal charges. Quite why well-paid MPs are allowed to help themselves to taxpayer's hard-earned money with legal impunity, while fulminating pompously against (and legislating against) the poor doing so, is beyond me. (And their whining that earning double the national average wage is a low salary... spare us.)

Kate , London, UK