Jeremy Hunt facing Parliamentary inquiry into claims he failed to register corporate hospitality Jeremy Hunt is facing a Parliamentary inquiry into claims that he failed to register thousands of pounds worth of corporate hospitality from media firms. The Parliamentary Standards Commissioner John Lyon today confirmed that he had initiated an investigation into the Culture Secretary in response to a complaint from the Labour MP Stephen McCabe. Mr McCabe had written to the commissioner raising concerns about a series of "networking events" involving eight organisations which Ed Vaizey, Mr Hunt's deputy said they had both attended while in opposition. Although Mr Vaizey recorded the events in the register of interests as donations in kind worth a total of around £27,000, Mr Hunt did not mention them in his own entry. Mr Vaizey stated that they attended the events between July 2009 and March 2010 which were described as "networking event (s) to enable the Conservative frontbench team (Ed Vaizey and Jeremy Hunt) to meet sector leaders from the arts and creative industries." Mr Vaizey declared that Mr Hunt was present all eight events, including one hosted by BSkyB on 7 October 2009, which cost £3,800. The Culture Secretary said he would amend his entry in the Register of Interests to show that he took a donation worth £1,473.81 from advertising agency DDB UK in September 2009, another worth £1,435 from the Groucho Club and a third in July that year from M&C Saatchi, the advertising firm set up by Tory donor and Conservative peer Lord Saatchi. That event cost £4,563.50 - a total of £7472.31. However Mr Hunt denied he had attended five other meetings including the one paid for by BSkyB. The Parliamentary Code of Conduct states that "it is the responsibility of Members to notify changes in their registrable interests within four weeks of each change occurring." The investigation could take as long as a year to complete and if Sir John finds Mr Hunt broke the rules, a committee of MPs will decide on any sanctions. Punishments can include being forced to apologise to MPs in the House of Commons. A spokesman for Mr Hunt said: "As soon as we realised there was a mistake we amended the register. We will cooperate fully with any lines of inquiry. On Thursday Mr Hunt's former special advisor Adam Smith will give evidence to the Leveson inquiry into contacts he had with News Corp during its bid for BSkyB. Mr Hunt is expected to give his own evidence in the next few weeks.