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The MP spoke in the House of Commons while awaiting the results of a Covid test
MP Margaret Ferrier should be suspended from the Commons for 30 days for breaching Covid rules, the standards committee has recommended.
The suspension would likely lead to a by-election in her Rutherglen constituency if it was imposed.
Ms Ferrier spoke in parliament in September 2020 while awaiting the results of a Covid test.
She then took the train home to Glasgow after being told she had tested positive.
She lost the SNP whip and has since pled guilty to breaching Covid rules. She was sentenced to carry out 270 hours of community service.
The charge stated that she had failed to self isolate and had "exposed people to risk of infection, illness and death".
Labour would have high hopes of winning any by-election in Rutherglen. Ms Ferrier had a majority of 5,230 at the last general election when she won the SNP for the SNP, with Labour finishing second.
She has been sitting in the Commons as an independent MP since losing the SNP whip.
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