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    Scaled back proposal suggests MPs be banned from Parliament if charged by police

    by Patrick Daly Mar 19, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: PA Archive

    MPs would be barred from attending Parliament if charged with a violent or sexual offence, rather than after an arrest, under watered-down proposals.

    The House of Commons Commission has been working on establishing a formal arrangement for banning MPs from the parliamentary estate.

    In December, the commission proposed that if an MP was arrested on suspicion of committing a violent or sexual.

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