Sexual harassment
British MP suspended for misconduct
Conservative MP Peter Bone has been suspended for misconduct. photo
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Peter Bone is said to have bullied and sexually harassed an employee. Just this summer, another member of parliament was expelled from parliament.
The British Parliament has suspended another MP for misconduct. Peter Bone is said to have bullied and sexually harassed an employee. The 71-year-old had denied the allegations.
Bone will now be suspended for six weeks, as the British news agency PA reported in the evening. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak could face another by-election in a constituency.
Bone is said to have bullied an employee on multiple occasions in 2012 and 2013. He is also said to have exposed himself in front of the person during a business trip in a hotel, as PA reported. Bone rejected the allegations as untrue.
Just this summer, MP Chris Pincher was expelled from parliament for eight weeks because he groped two men while drunk. Pincher then announced his resignation.