After making unwanted sexual advances to a 19-year-old party worker, an MP faces suspension from the Commons.
The Independent Expert Panel, which ordered a two-day ban for SNP MP Patrick Grady, 42, has told him to apologize to the guy.
The Independent Expert Panel said that “An unwanted physical touching, with sexual intent, from a senior MP to a junior member of staff, even on a single occasion, is a significant breach of the policy.
“It must be marked by some period of suspension from the House.
“However, for all the reasons we have set out, in this case it should be short, and will be somewhat shorter than it might have been by reference to the breaches of confidentiality by the complainant.
“We consider that the respondent should be suspended for two sitting days from the House, and that neither day should be a Friday.
“In addition, the respondent must make a full and unreserved apology to the House via a personal statement.”
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