Tory MP for Delyn, Rob Roberts. (Parliament)
Tory MP Rob Roberts has been suspended from the House of Commons for six weeks after he was found to have sexually harassed an employee.
The 41-year-old MP for Delyn in North Wales was found by an independent panel to have made repeated unwanted advances to a male office staffer. He accepts wrongdoing but insists his actions were “romantic” rather than “sexual” – a distinction the panel rejected.
Committee members recommended Roberts be suspended for six weeks in their report – and on Thursday (26 May), parliament agreed.
Roberts has already been stripped of the Tory whip and is facing calls to resign his seat, with Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg saying Thursday that it would be “honourable” for him to step down.