MP urged to explain business link

Federal Labor has called on a government MP to explain alleged business links to a company which has contracts with multiple government agencies.

Labor frontbencher Tony Burke says John McVeigh should stand up in parliament after question time if he believes he has been misrepresented in media reports.

Consulting firm Ellis Foster McVeigh's website lists Mr McVeigh as a founding member of the company, but the Liberal MP has told the Daily Telegraph he is not a shareholder for the Victoria-based company and was not benefiting financially.