The Commons voted by a majority of one to reverse moves to water down the proposals.
MPs face being barred from attending Parliament if they are arrested for serious sexual or violent offences after the Commons voted to reverse moves to water down the measures.
The House of Commons Commission initially proposed that a risk assessment would take place on whether an MP should be prevented from attending the parliamentary estate if they were arrested on suspicion of committing a violent or sexual offence.But MPs voted 170 to 169, majority one, in favour of a proposal from Liberal Democrat Wendy Chamberlain to revert to the threshold being an arrest.
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