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Ross Thomson

Shamed Lanarkshire MP Margaret Ferrier suspended from House of Commons as by-election looms

Shamed Lanarkshire MP Margaret Ferrier has been suspended from Westminster for her Covid rule breach.

The MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West will be banished from parliament for 30 days and a by-election could now be called in the constituency.

Ms Ferrier, who was in the Commons to hear her fate, had been given a brief reprieve last week when not enough MPs were present to vote on her suspension.

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