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| A Parliamentary passholder who has worked for at least one MP and one peer is being held over a rooftop protest on the Houses of Parliament, police say. | A Parliamentary passholder who has worked for at least one MP and one peer is being held over a rooftop protest on the Houses of Parliament, police say. |
| The 26-year-old was held at his home in the Westminster area of London at 1805 GMT on Thursday, Scotland Yard said. | The 26-year-old was held at his home in the Westminster area of London at 1805 GMT on Thursday, Scotland Yard said. |
| He has been detained on suspicion of aiding and abetting a criminal offence of trespass. | He has been detained on suspicion of aiding and abetting a criminal offence of trespass. |
| Five anti-Heathrow expansion protesters unfurled banners from the building's roof during a three-hour demonstration. | Five anti-Heathrow expansion protesters unfurled banners from the building's roof during a three-hour demonstration. |
| They were led down peacefully at 1220 GMT on Wednesday, two days after a similar protest at Heathrow, where banners were draped over an aeroplane. | |
| Calls for inquiry | |
| It is thought the group entered Parliament using visitors' passes and gained access to the roof through a fire escape. | |
| The breach raised concerns about security at the landmark building, with some MPs calling for an inquiry into how the five had entered an area which was supposedly out of bounds. | |
| The Metropolitan Police confirmed that the man arrested by officers was "a current Parliamentary passholder who has worked for members of both Houses" - a reference to the Commons and the Lords. | |
| He is to be interviewed at a police station in central London under the Serious and Organised Crime Police Act, the force added in a statement. | |
| No further of the man's identity were given. |