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| Lord Lester faces suspension over sexual harassment claims | Lord Lester faces suspension over sexual harassment claims |
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| The Lords Privileges Committee says Lord Lester of Herne Hill should be suspended for sexually harassing a complainant and offering her "corrupt inducements to sleep with him". | The Lords Privileges Committee says Lord Lester of Herne Hill should be suspended for sexually harassing a complainant and offering her "corrupt inducements to sleep with him". |
| The committee recommended a suspension until 2022, which would be the longest in modern parliamentary history. | The committee recommended a suspension until 2022, which would be the longest in modern parliamentary history. |
| The House of Lords will debate a motion to suspend Lord Lester, on Thursday. | The House of Lords will debate a motion to suspend Lord Lester, on Thursday. |
| The 82-year old peer, whose appeal was rejected, sat in the Lords as a Lib Dem until the claims emerged in February. | |
| He denied the allegations, which are judged on the balance of probabilities. | |
| In a statement, the committee said: "The commissioner investigated Lord Lester, following a complaint from a member of the public, and found that Lord Lester had breached the code of conduct's requirement for members to act on their personal honour - by sexually harassing the complainant and offering her inducements to sleep with him - and that this behaviour took place in the context of his parliamentary duties." | In a statement, the committee said: "The commissioner investigated Lord Lester, following a complaint from a member of the public, and found that Lord Lester had breached the code of conduct's requirement for members to act on their personal honour - by sexually harassing the complainant and offering her inducements to sleep with him - and that this behaviour took place in the context of his parliamentary duties." |