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MP 'held over Houses of Parliament bar assault' Labour suspends MP Eric Joyce after Commons 'assault'
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A man, understood to be Falkirk's Labour MP Eric Joyce, has been arrested on suspicion of assault after a disturbance at Parliament. Labour MP Eric Joyce has been suspended from the party following allegations of an assault in a House of Commons bar.
Police say they detained a man in his 50s after receiving reports of an incident at a House of Commons bar at about 22:50 GMT. Police say they detained a man in his 50s after receiving reports of an incident at Parliament at about 2250 GMT on Wednesday.
The man is being held at a central London police station. Mr Joyce, 51, is suspended until the police investigation is complete, the Labour Party said.
According to reports, Stuart Andrew, the Conservative MP for Pudsey, West Yorkshire, was allegedly assaulted. Stuart Andrew, the Conservative MP for Pudsey, West Yorkshire, has alleged that he was assaulted.
The disturbance was reported to have happened in the Strangers Bar, which is reserved for MPs and their guests.The disturbance was reported to have happened in the Strangers Bar, which is reserved for MPs and their guests.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "We were called at approximately 10.50pm last night to reports of a disturbance at a bar within the House of Commons.A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "We were called at approximately 10.50pm last night 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.""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."
Mr Joyce was elected in a by-election in December 2000 and has served as a parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to a number of government ministers since 2003.Mr Joyce was elected in a by-election 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.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.
It is not the first altercation reported in a Commons bar.
In 2010 Labour's Paul Farrelly, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, said he had wrestled a man to the floor in "self defence", which took place during a karaoke party at Parliament's Sports and Social Club.