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A man who is understood to be Falkirk's Labour MP Eric Joyce has been arrested on suspicion of assault after a disturbance at Parliament. | |
Police say they detained a man in his 50s after receiving reports of an incident at a House of Commons bar at about 22:50 GMT. | |
The man is being held at a central London police station. | |
The disturbance was reported to have happened in the Strangers Bar, which is reserved for MPs and their guests. | The disturbance was reported to have happened in the Strangers Bar, which is reserved for MPs and their guests. |
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "We were called at approximately 10.50pm last night to reports of a disturbance at a bar within the House of Commons. | |
"A man aged in his 50s was arrested by officers on suspicion of assault. He remains in custody in a central London police station. Inquiries are continuing." | "A man aged in his 50s was arrested by officers on suspicion of assault. He remains in custody in a central London police station. Inquiries are continuing." |
Mr Joyce was elected in December 2000 and has served as a parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to a number of government ministers since 2003. | |
He was PPS to the then defence secretary Bob Ainsworth until 2009, and prior to that had been a parliamentary aide to John Hutton, Mike O'Brien and Margaret Hodge. | He was PPS to the then defence secretary Bob Ainsworth until 2009, and prior to that had been a parliamentary aide to John Hutton, Mike O'Brien and Margaret Hodge. |
It is not the first altercation reported in a Commons bar. | |
In 2010 Labour's Paul Farrelly, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, said he had wrestled a man to the floor in "self defence", which took place during a karaoke party at Parliament's Sports and Social Club. |