Keith Vaz, Britain's longest serving Indian-origin MP +chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee +LONDON:, was on Sunday embroiled in a sex scandal after a newspaper claimed he had paid for male prostitutes.The Labour MP from Leicester since 1987, who is a married father of two, paid for men to visit him one evening last month at a flat he owns in London, the 'Sunday Mirror' claimed.The 59-year-old Goan-origin MP has since announced he will be stepping aside as chair of the influential House of Commons Home Affairs Committee, which he has headed for the past 10 years. "I am genuinely sorry for the hurt and distress that has been caused by my actions, in particular to my wife and children. "Money was also paid into a bank account used by one of them by a man linked to a charity set up by the MP," it said. Labour Party spokesperson said: "Keith Vaz has issued a statement on this matter. "As with all departmental select committees, Keith was elected to theby the House of Commons, and his position is a matter for him and the House."

Source: Times of India September 04, 2016 11:55 UTC