Commerce minister Conor Burns resigns after probe into letter

Conor Burns has resigned as a commerce minister after a report discovered he used his place as an MP to intimidate a member of the general public.

The Committee on Requirements mentioned he had damaged Commons guidelines after suggesting he might use Parliamentary privilege over a debt dispute involving his father.

It had advisable he be suspended from Parliament for seven days.

No 10 mentioned he would get replaced “sooner or later”.

The committee’s report discovered he had made “veiled threats” to to make use of privilege to “additional his household’s pursuits” through the monetary dispute involving his father.