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Ex-police chief says he didn't report wife's stolen credit card... as thief spent less than her

Source: Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate who has been suspended from the Labour Party over claims he offered to carry out parliamentary work in return for cash. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Sunday June 2, 2013. See PA story POLITICS Lobbying. Photo credit

A former police chief did not report his wife's credit card being stolen in London because the thief spent less than her, Parliament was told.

With a deadpan delivery, Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate left fellow peers in the Upper Chamber unsure whether he was joking or not as he recalled the incident.

The non-affiliated peer said: "My wife, on one of her rare visits to London, had her credit card stolen.

"And I monitored the use of the

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