House of Lords members 'failing to disclose business interests' In March this year Lord Plumb was appointed head of Alber and Geiger's new London office, the Independent said, citing trade press reports. The former head of the National Farmers Union, who went into politics in the 1980s as a Tory MEP, lists his only remunerated employment as "farming." Between 2007 and last May the peer sat on the Lords EU Select Committee, which scrutinises draft EU law and suggests improvements and sits on its sub-committee on the internal market, energy and transport. Alber and Geiger describes its clients as "large companies, NGOs, and states that need our support in Brussels and in the European member states." Its entry on the European Commisson's transparency register says it lobbies on behalf of the kingdom of Morocco, the Bulgarian telecoms company Vivacom, the German packaging firm Papier Mettler and the port of Belgrade, the paper reported. Mr Geiger told the newspaper: "Lord Plumb has of course no full-time engagement with our firm. He helps us in his professional capacity in an advisory role on Brussels related matters. But in a statement, Lord Plumb said: "I have never had a financial interest in Alber & Geiger. I have never had any employment, paid or unpaid, with Alber & Geiger. "I am listed on their website as a member of their "team" but in fact I have never done any work for them or given them any professional advice. "It is quite misleading to regard me as being, or having been, "a senior partner" of Alber & Geiger and it is simply wrong to suggest that I became head of their London office in March of this year (or at any time). I have never played any active part in Alber & Geiger. He added: "I have now asked them to remove my name, photo etc from their website. For these reasons I did not feel it necessary to register any interest in Alber & Geiger in the House of Lords register of interests, and I do not believe that the rules of the House required me to do so. The disclosures come as the House of Lords Commissioner for Standards was asked to investigate the Conservative Party treasurer, Lord Fink, after the paper reported that he sponsored a dinner in the House of Lords for American Express customers A spokesman for the Lords said: "The House of Lords is committed to the highest standards of openness, transparency and accountability in regard to members" interests. Members have an obligation to keep their entry in the Register of Interests accurate and up-to-date. "To enable members to comply with the requirements of the House's code of conduct there is a registrar of Lords" interests to advise members of their duties under the code, and an independent Lords Commissioner for Standards to investigate complaints of non-compliance with the rules." A Conservative Party spokesman declined to comment.