MPs Arrested for Sex Offences to Be Barred From Parliament

Lawmakers have backed a proposal to bar MPs from attending Parliament if they are arrested for serious sexual and violent offences. A House of Commons vote on Monday reversed moves to water down the measures set by its risk-based exclusion policy, which previously sought to ban MPs at the point of charge, rather than arrest. Last year, the House of Commons Commission set up a framework to deal with serious allegations relating to a violent or sexual offences involving senior officials. Later the government set out a revised plan, setting the threshold at the point of charge. However, MPs backed 170 to 169 the proposal by Liberal Democrat Wendy Chamberlain to revert to the threshold being an arrest....