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| 'MP held over Houses of Parliament bar assault' | |
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| A man, understood to be Labour MP Eric Joyce, has been arrested on suspicion of assault following a disturbance at the Houses of Parliament. | A man, understood to be Labour MP Eric Joyce, has been arrested on suspicion of assault following a disturbance at the Houses of Parliament. |
| Police said officers had detained a man in his 50s after being called to reports of an incident at a House of Commons bar at about 22:50 GMT. | |
| The man is currently being held in custody at a central London police station. It is not known how many people were involved in the incident. | The man is currently being held in custody at a central London police station. It is not known how many people were involved in the incident. |
| Mr Joyce is the MP for Falkirk. | Mr Joyce is the MP for Falkirk. |
| He was elected in December 2000 and has served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to a number of government ministers since 2003. | |
| He was PPS to the then Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth until 2009, and prior to that had been a parliamentary aide to John Hutton, Mike O'Brien and Margaret Hodge. | |
| A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "We were called at approximately 10.50pm last night [Wednesday] to reports of a disturbance at a bar within the House of Commons. | |
| "A man aged in his 50s was arrested by officers on suspicion of assault. He remains in custody in a central London police station. Inquiries are continuing." |