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Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has warned MPs to not “identify” the Conservative accused of rape.
The MP in his 50s was arrested on 1 August on suspicion of 4 separate incidents, involving allegations of sexual offences and assault.
His bail has been prolonged to the center of November.
Sir Lindsay instructed the Commons that the accused had “voluntarily agreed to not attend the Home of Commons for the interval of the bail”.
Talking to the Home of Commons earlier than the primary session of the brand new parliamentary time period, Sir Lindsay stated: “I, the Home of Commons Fee, and the Home Service, take the protection of our workers and the parliamentary neighborhood as a complete very critically.”
He stated that each one members have entry to an unbiased sexual misconduct advisory service, including: “They need to not hesitate to make use of it.”
Members of the Homes of Commons and Lords profit from parliamentary privilege which implies they are often legally protected for one thing they are saying in Parliament.
Nevertheless Sir Lindsay warned MPs that “whereas the investigation is ongoing, I imagine that it will be wholly inappropriate for any additional reference to be made to this matter within the Home, together with an try to call the member involved.”