Senior Tory MP suspended after complaint to police

Julian Knight has been suspended arsenic a Conservative MP aft a ailment was made to the Metropolitan Police, a enactment spokeswoman has said.

She declined to remark connected the quality of the ailment arsenic it is present nether investigation.

Mr Knight, who has been an MP since 2015, chairs the civilization committee successful the House of Commons.

He represents the Solihull constituency successful the West Midlands, but volition present beryllium arsenic an independent.

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