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Margaret Ferrier will appeal against the proposed ban
MP Margaret Ferrier has lost her appeal against a proposed 30-day ban from the House of Commons over breaching Covid rules.
It comes after Ms Ferrier spoke in Parliament while awaiting the results of a Covid test in September 2020.
The Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP then took a train home to Glasgow after learning she had tested positive.
She was elected as an SNP MP but lost the whip following her actions and now sits as an independent.
The suspension is expected to lead to a by-election in her constituency.
The Commons' standards committee recommended in March that Ms Ferrier should be suspended.
On Monday, the independent expert panel has upheld the original judgement.
The proposed ban is now expected to be endorsed by MPs, although no date has yet been set for this to take place.
Under commons rules if an MP is excluded for 10 days or more a so-called ''recall petition'' can take place.
If 10% of the electorate in the constituency call for a by-election, one will take place.
The MP was sentenced to 270 hours community service last year at Glasgow Sheriff Court after pleading guilty to a charge of culpable and reckless conduct.
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