Lady submits formal grievance to Labour over suspended MP Geraint Davies
The Labour Party has now obtained a proper grievance about suspended MP Geraint Davies, Sky News understands.
Mr Davies was “administratively suspended” from the occasion pending an investigation into reports of “incredibly serious allegations of completely unacceptable behaviour”.
Mr Davies 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 published on Thursday.
He has not responded to any of Sky News’ requests for an announcement, however concerning their claims, he instructed the web site: “I do not recognise the allegations advised 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.”
Sky News later revealed that Mr Davies had “boasted” about bringing sex workers into parliament for drinks, in line with two of his colleagues.
Sky News has additionally seen proof the Labour Party whips’ workplace was made conscious of allegations many months in the past, however didn’t take motion.
Labour suspended the MP from the party and urged those that had been impacted by his behaviour to make a proper grievance so they might perform an investigation.
Speaking to Sky News after the occasion suspended Mr Davies, one Labour MP stated: “He would openly boast about bringing escorts and prostitutes onto the terrace and show them off.”
They stated occasion officers had warned him to cease doing it, however no formal complaints had been made in opposition to him, including: “They can’t take any action over hearsay.”
The claims have been backed up by a Labour peer from the House of Lords, who noticed him on the terrace with younger girls, and stated there was all the time discuss of him “favouring Eastern Europeans”.
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The MP described Mr Davies as “a wrong ‘un” and “a sleazy man”, saying: “He would look you up and down, make lewd comments and touch you around the waist when he came up behind you.”
They stated they and their colleagues have been happy the allegations had come to mild, including: “It is something he does to everyone. It is not unusual; it is just the pattern of his behaviour.
“He is among the people who when persons are new, they’re instructed ‘do not be alone with him, he is a improper ‘un’, and warned away from him.”
However, they stated that they had sympathy with occasion officers, who they claimed couldn’t act with out formal complaints being made.