Conservative Andrew Bridgen will be suspended for five days for breaching the MP's code of conduct
By Will JeffordConservative MP Andrew Bridgen has been suspended from the House of Commons for five sitting days.
The MP for North West Leicestershire was handed the sanction after the parliamentary watchdog concluded he had breached the MP's code of conduct.A motion was approved by Parliament on Monday and the suspension is due to start on Tuesday.by failing to declare his financial interests in Mere Plantations when writing to ministers about the company.
They also advised a further three day suspension for his "unacceptable attack" on the parliamentary Standards Commissioner Kathryn Stone. Appealing the decision, Mr Bridgen criticised the investigation as "flawed" arguing it had not fully considered the motivations of the person who had made the initial complaint.The Independent Expert Panel asked to consider his appeal
that the motivations of the complainant were "completely irrelevant" and that an exemption for an MPs constituency duties did not apply in his case.Follow BBC East Midlands on
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