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Nicholas Cecil

Senior female Tory MPs call for Chris Pincher to be suspended

Caroline Nokes calling for Chris Pincher to be suspended as Tory MP

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Two senior female Conservatives called on Friday for ex-deputy chief whip Chris Pincher to be suspended as a Tory MP while an investigation is carried out into groping claims.

Caroline Nokes, who chairs the Commons Women and Equalities Committee, and Karen Bradley, who heads the Commons Procedure Committee, wrote to Chief Whip Chris Heaton-Harris demanding a “zero tolerance” approach to sexual misconduct.

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