MPs to vote on stripping Sir Philip Green of knighthood

MPs will vote on whether Sir Philip Green should be stripped of his knighthood after the row over the collapse of BHS.

The vote is expected after an amendment was added to a previously planned debate into the failure of the retail chain, due to take place next Thursday morning.

Tabled by Conservative backbencher Richard Fuller MP, the amendment says that Sir Philip's actions with regards to the downfall of BHS "raise the question of whether he should be allowed to continue to be a holder of the honour", which he received for his services to the retail industry.

It then goes on to call on the Honours Forfeiture Committee to "cancel and annul his knighthood."

Sir Philip attracted significant criticism during the final days of the BHS, which went into administration in April with a loss of 11,000 jobs.

The final stores closed at the end of August after a buyer for the UK firm failed to materialise, bringing the curtain down on another of the country's best-known high street names.

The billionaire tycoon has been accused of "leadership failures and personal greed" by MPs who carried out an investigation into the downfall of BHS during the summer.

The inquiry, which was carried out jointly by the Work and Pensions committee and the Business, Innovation and Skills committee, found that Sir Philip chose to rush through the sale of the company for £1 to Dominic Chappell, who was "manifestly unsuitable".

It also found that Sir Philip has a "moral duty" to take action to protect the pensions of those who worked for BHS.

The BHS pension scheme was left with a £571m deficit by the time the firm went under.