Home secretary Yvette Cooper has said she wants to see the former Labour MP resign or face a recall petition so Runcorn constituents “get new representation as swiftly as possible”.
Asked for a response on Amesbury continuing to be an MP and receiving full pay, she added: “I think you’re asking me about parliamentary rules and procedure, which are obviously separate from those that the Government runs … I’m making my view clear, which is that I want to see the people of Runcorn get new representation as swiftly as possible.”.
Jailed MP Mike Amesbury faces being strip-searched and will only be allowed two visits per month inside a Category B men’s prison after he was jailed for punching a constituent.
Ms Cooper told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “I want to see him either obviously resign or face recall, and so that we can have a new MP in place.”.
Inspectors noted eight self-inflicted deaths had taken place at the prison since their last inspection in 2017 and said some risk factors for new arrivals were not always being adequately assessed.
