LABOUR was involved in a second investigation last night after it emerged former health minister Andy Kerr had also been reported to the Crown Office - over an allegation that he failed to declare a £1000 gift.

Holyrood Standards Commissioner Dr Jim Dyer - who has already reported Wendy Alexander to the Crown Office - has also declared Kerr may have broken the law.

Now police are to question the former health minister about hospitality he received from fast food giant McDonald's and which he did not include on the official Register of Interests in breach of the MSPs' Code of Conduct.

That failure set in train a four-month investigation by Dyer, who has now decided Kerr may have broken the law.

The East Kilbride MSP faces being suspended from the Scottish Parliament or a court fine of £5000.

The investigation centres around a trip to London Kerr took last August, when he and eight other MSPs were treated by McDonald's to hospitality at the FA Football Shield, the traditional opener to the English football season.

He has already admitted failing to record the gifts and hospitality in the allotted time. MSPs have 30 days to register hospitality and while the other MSPS did so, Kerr only recorded it four days after the deadline.

Three years ago Kerr's Labour colleague Ken McIntosh was forced to resign from the standards committee after he also failed to register his Charity Shield trip.

Last night a spokesman for Kerr blamed an administrative oversight'' for the omission.