A veteran Labour peer and former Tameside MP has been suspended from the House of Lords for a week after he was found to have bullied a member of security staff. The sanction against Tom Pendry was imposed with immediate effect after the upper chamber approved a report by the Conduct Committee.
Former Labour MP Lord Pendry represented the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency for 31 years. The Lords' watchdog rejected an appeal by the 87-year-old and backed the findings of the standards commissioner who, following an investigation, upheld the complaint that the peer had breached the code of conduct with his behaviour.
Lord Pendry was found to have been 'verbally aggressive' and exhibited 'intimidating behaviour' to the security guard, who had challenged an unescorted guest in Parliament last July.
