The FIFA ethics committee report which clears Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup and criticises England for rule violations during the 2018 bid has been labelled ''a whitewash'' by an MP.

Conservative MP Damian Collins, who has campaigned for FIFA reform and in 2011 used Parliamentary privilege to make allegations that bribes helped secure Qatar the tournament, said those allegations remained unanswered.

Qatar has always denied any wrongdoing and the report by German judge Hans-Joachim Eckert, chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of FIFA's independent ethics committee, clears both 2018 bid winners Russia and Qatar to host the tournaments.

Collins told Press Association Sport: ''It is a whitewash as it is an attempt to con people that there has been a full and independent investigation when there has not been. The result is that allegations of bribery and serious wrongdoing remain unanswered and they are still suppressing the full report.''

The report does confirm that disgraced former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner solicited benefits on numerous occasions in violation of bidding rules, and that England often accommodated them.

Money that Australia sent for development projects in the Caribbean ended up in his personal bank account.

Collins added: ''FIFA are trying to con people that there has been a proper independent inquiry when there hasn't been. This is FIFA investigating itself and not surprisingly returning a verdict of not guilty.

''The points being made about the England bid are just a smokescreen to try to hide these facts.''

FIFA said it supported the ethics committee's stance that certain officials could face disciplinary action but welcomed ''the fact that a degree of closure'' has been reached in that the investigation ''did not find any violations or breaches of the relevant rules and regulations''.

The statement adds: ''As such, FIFA looks forward to continuing the preparations for Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022 which are already well underway.

''For the sake of further closure, FIFA supports the independent ethics committee with respect to their preparedness to potentially open future cases against officials based on the information obtained during this investigation.''

Qatar 2022 said they would consider the report ''thoroughly before commenting''.

The statement said: ''As we have noted in the past, we cooperated fully with the ethics committee's investigation and continue to believe that a fair and appropriate review will demonstrate the integrity and quality of our bid.''