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mr matheson did not contest the findings, but the commissioner said that he failed to acknowledge the full extent of his misconduct and that this was an aggravating factor, as was the complainant s vulnerability and her reliance on him for employment. the report recommended that mr matheson be suspended from the house of commons for four weeks. however, he has now quit as the mp for chester. he said in a statement on his website he accepted he committed a minor breach of the standards code, but he is dismayed that he has been found guilty of several allegations which he says he knows to be untrue. he says that the penalty is excessive and unfair, but he cannot challenge the process further and he says that the honourable and right thing to do now is to resign his seat and rebuild his life elsewhere. he has also asked for privacy for his family. and the statement also says that the stress of all this has led to him being hospitalised.

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