Claim: The vote on whether to accept the Committee on Standards' report into Owen Paterson and its recommendation to suspend him from Parliament was a free vote.
Fact-check: BBC presenter corrects false claim about Owen Paterson vote - Full Fact
Verdict: false. it was a three-line whip.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2021-11-04T00:00:00