Chris Bryant, leader of parliament's standards committee and Labour MP for Rhondda, told Sophy Ridge on Sunday that MPs should not claim the cost of fines on expenses.

It comes as it has emerged today a Tory minister and three other MPs claimed hundreds of pounds of driving fines on expenses.

Mr Bryant says the standards committee, which he chairs, has "no power" to investigate rule breaches related to expenses.

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is the body that would do that, and it has said that it will be asking the MPs concerned to repay the money "where appropriate".

But Mr Bryant added his own, saying: "To my mind, it is manifestly wrong. I don't care whether it breaches a rule - it is manifestly wrong."

He says that members of the public cannot claim expenses for parking fines, adding: "I don't see why MPs should be any different."