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We should suspend fewer MPs for wrongdoing, says Parliament’s new standards tsar

Daniel Greenberg urges caution over using sanction of temporary bans, in sign of a more lenient approach

Fewer MPs should be suspended from the House of Commons for wrongdoing, Parliament’s incoming standards tsar has said – as he warned MPs against using the power too often.

Speaking to The Telegraph, Daniel Greenberg said that the standards committee overseeing the rules should think “very, very carefully” about how often it chooses to punish MPs with a suspension.

Mr Greenberg warned it could be seen as undemocratic for a committee with a small number of people to suspend an MP who has been elected to Parliament by voters in his or her constituency.

Mr Greenberg is becoming the parliamentary standards commissioner in January, meaning he will be responsible for investigating alleged breaches of the MPs’ code of conduct.

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