A Glasgow MP who made unwanted sexual advances to a 19-year-old faces suspension from the House of Commons.
SNP politician Patrick Grady has been recommended to apologise to the party worker and to MPs after a Westminster report into the sexual misconduct.
The 42-year-old MP for Glasgow North was accused of touching the man inappropriately the Water Poet pub in London in 2016, the Daily Record reports.
The report states: "At an SNP social event held in a pub on 20 October 2016, the complainant and the respondent were both present. The respondent remained after all other MPs had left.
"Mr Grady, under the influence of alcohol, made a sexual advance to the complainant in the mistaken belief that this advance would be welcomed. The advance included the touching and stroking of the complainant's neck, hair, and back. The respondent states that when it became apparent that his conduct was not welcome, he desisted."
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The panel investigating the complaint concluded that Mr Grady should be suspended for two days as well as making an apology to the staffer as well as the House of Commons.
It continued: “The sub-panel recommended that Mr Grady be suspended for two sitting days (not including Fridays), make an unreserved apology to the House by way of a personal statement, and also make a private written apology to the complainant.”
Mr Grady stepped down from his position as chief whip when the allegations were first made against him. The investigation was first carried out by an independent investigator before being passed on to an expert panel by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.
In an apology within the report, Mr Grady said: "I accept the findings of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards in full and without reservation. I accept that my behaviour as described inAllegation 1 amounts to a breach of the Sexual Misconduct Policy for the UK Parliament, and I apologise for this without reservation.
"I deeply regret my behaviour, and am very sorry for the distress and upset it has caused the complainant."
