A sitting Labour MP has filed a grievance in opposition to Geraint Davies after he was suspended over allegations of inappropriate behaviour, Sky News understands.
It means Labour has now obtained two formal complaints after a girl additionally contacted the celebration yesterday.
Mr Davies has been “administratively suspended” from the celebration pending an investigation into experiences of “incredibly serious allegations of completely unacceptable behaviour”.
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He was first elected as an MP in 1997, however was out of parliament between 2005 and 2010. He now represents Swansea West.
Allegations concerning the 63-year-old politician got here to mild in a report by Politico printed on Thursday.
He has denied the claims and instructed the web site: “I do not recognise the allegations steered and have no idea who has made them. None of them, so far as I do know, has been lodged as complaints with the Labour Party or parliament.
“If I have inadvertently caused offence to anyone, then I am naturally sorry as it is important that we share an environment of mutual and equal respect for all.”
Labour suspended the MP from the celebration and urged those that had been impacted by his behaviour to make a proper grievance so they might perform an investigation.
In a separate improvement, a Labour MP has claimed one in every of her colleagues who was reported to the police for alleged sexual assault continues to be on the opposition frontbench as a result of the celebration “has chosen not to act”.
Charlotte Nichols, who represents Warrington North, didn’t identify the person however mentioned she had challenged Labour officers concerning the claims and “their response has been utterly inadequate”.
Speaking to BBC Radio Four within the wake of the Davies scandal, Ms Nichols additionally revealed that inside her first week of being elected to parliament in 2019 she was given a “verbal list” of round 30 MPs she ought to “steer clear of” because of their inappropriate behaviour.
She mentioned there’s a “deeply rotten culture” inside Westminster relating to sexual harassment and “none of the systems we have in place are effective”.
Giving an instance, Ms Nichols mentioned: “One of our colleagues who has been reported to police for assault who still has the party whip is still on the frontbench, but the party has chosen not to act.”
Ms Nichols additionally mentioned: “I am aware of cases where people have been sexually assaulted, they have gone to the ICGS (parliament’s independent complaints and grievance scheme) and have been told that they can’t act because it didn’t happen on the parliamentary estate.”
The backbencher mentioned that “fundamentally there’s an underlying rotten culture in Westminster and it’s baked into every level of how the institution operates”.
“It’s incumbent on all of us to stop talking about bad apples and talk about what’s causing that rot.”
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Last month, it was reported by Tortoise Media {that a} feminine Labour MP claimed she had been sexually assaulted by a male shadow minister, allegedly after a summer time celebration in London in July 2021.
The BBC later reported {that a} grievance was made to the Met Police however they’d not be investigating the matter “at the victim’s request”.
At the time, Labour mentioned it had not been contacted by the police or obtained a proper grievance.
In the wake of the Davies claims, a celebration spokesperson mentioned: “We would strongly urge anyone with a complaint to come forward so that allegations can be swiftly and fully investigated and action taken.
“The celebration has ensured that there’s a wide selection of assist accessible to complainants, to supply confidence and confidential steerage all through the disciplinary course of.”
Source: information.sky.com”