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Torcuil Crichton

SNP MP Patrick Grady makes full apology and faces suspension over unwanted sexual advances

A senior SNP MP has made a full Commons apology after being found to have made an “unwanted sexual advance” to a junior staff member in a London pub.

Patrick Grady, the MP for Glasgow North, faces being suspended from the Commons for two days for a “significant breach” of Parliament’s sexual misconduct policy.

The MP, who is a former chief whip or senior party manager, told the Commons that he had deep regret over the incident and had undertaken training to make him more aware of the behaviour expected of him.

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