Margaret Ferrier

Margaret Ferrier admitted she broke COVID rules in September 2020 by making the journey from London to Scotland despite having tested positive for the virus ...

[new First Minister Humza Yousaf](https://news.sky.com/story/scotlands-first-minister-humza-yousaf-appoints-his-cabinet-12844999), with Labour eyeing an opportunity to make in-roads in the wake of [Nicola Sturgeon's sudden resignation. There will likely be panic stations in SNP HQ." On the Monday, while awaiting the result of the test, she travelled by train to London, took part in a Commons debate and ate in the Members' Tearoom in parliament. [Politics live: Chancellor aims dig at Biden as green energy plan revealed](https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-government-to-launch-green-energy-plan-but-labour-says-it-is-just-reheated-policy-12593360) As is now well-known, she travelled to London and spoke in parliament; and after receiving a positive result, got the train back to Glasgow in defiance of the restrictions in place at the time that she should immediately isolate. An MP who travelled by train with COVID in the early stages of the pandemic is facing a 30-day suspension from the House of Commons - raising the possibility of a by-election.

By-election could be triggered after standards watchdog accuses Ferrier of "knowingly and recklessly" exposing people to the virus.

It would be an early test for new SNP leader Humza Yousaf. “Ferrier acted selfishly in her personal interest and in defiance of the public interest,” the committee said. In a report published on Thursday, parliament’s committee on standards said the Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP had “knowingly and recklessly” exposed people to the virus.

An MP who took trains between London and Scotland while infected with Covid during the pandemic faces a by-election after a Parliament watchdog recommended ...

The Commons Standards Committee recommended she should face a 30 day suspension, which MPs will be asked to approve. Instead of isolating, she travelled back to Scotland by train the following morning, against strict public health rules in place at the time. She also breached the code because “her actions commencing from when she first took a Covid-19 test to when she finally begins self-isolation have caused significant damage to the reputation and integrity of the House of Commons as a whole, and of its Members generally”.

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Mr Murray added: “Ferrier should do the right thing and stand down as an MP. Her constituents deserve better and that means a by-election.” She also breached the code because her self-isolation have “caused significant damage to the reputation and integrity of the House of Commons as a whole, and of its members generally”.

THE former SNP MP Margaret Ferrier looks set to be suspend from the House of Commons for 30 days for breaching Covid rules.

She took it back in 2019, winning with a majority of 5,230. The seat is a key target for Labour, with Sir Keir Starmer visiting earlier this month. “I take full responsibility and I urge everyone not to make the same mistakes that I have and do all they can to limit the spread of Covid-19,” she added. After the party confronted Ferrier she then referred herself to the Met and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards and published a statement on twitter. It was only on Thursday that week, when informed by the House of Commons Test and Trace mechanism, that the SNP realised Ferrier had taken the test before travelling to London. The Committee also said the MP had "knowingly and recklessly exposed members of the public and those on the parliamentary estate to the risk of contracting COVID-19 and demonstrated a disregard for the parliamentary and national guidance in place." In one of the most staggering moments of the whole affair, at 7.15pm that night, Ferrier took part in a debate on Covid. “There are still serious questions for the SNP to answer on what they knew and what they did at the time. The Committee also said that the fact that Ms Ferrier's actions constituted a breach of the criminal law in "In doing so, Ms Ferrier would have caused significant damage to the reputation of the House." He said she had also breached paragraph 17 of the Code “as her actions commencing from when she first took a COVID-19 test to when she finally begins self-isolation have caused significant damage to the reputation and integrity of the House of Commons as a whole, and of its Members generally”. They said, by choosing to return home rather than self-isolate in London, as required by national guidance and the House's guidance, Ms Ferrier “acted selfishly in her personal interest and in defiance of the public interest”.

Ferrier was stripped of the SNP whip and received a criminal conviction after travelling from London to Glasgow by train while infected with Covid at the ...

The SNP gained Rutherglen and Hamilton West from Labour in 2019. She was suspended by the SNP in October 2020. “It’ll now be for the House of Commons to give Margaret Ferrier’s constituents the opportunity of a recall petition.” “If Margaret Ferrier doesn’t resign the people of Rutherglen and Hamilton West can exercise their right to boot her from office. The House of Commons vote on her suspension is expected to take place in a couple of weeks as parliament is in recess from Friday. It also said that her actions demonstrated "a lack of honesty" and said that she "knowingly exposed others to risk".

The House of Commons Standards Committee has recommended a 30 day suspension from parliament for the disgraced MP who broke Covid-19 regulations in 2022.

The 30 day suspension must now be approved by the House of Commons. The recommendation is for Ms Ferrier to be suspended for 30 days. This is as a result of her breaching Covid rules.

The new First Minister said he is looking forward to fighting the potential by-election.

She was suspended by the SNP in October 2020. The SNP gained Rutherglen and Hamilton West from Labour in 2019. We've said from day one that Margaret Ferrier should have stepped down because of her reckless actions. The independent MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West also spoke in the Houses of Parliament and visited other locations in London. [Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/former-snp-mp-margaret-ferrier-28132810) Ferrier lost the [SNP](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/snp) whip and [received a criminal conviction](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/former-snp-mp-margaret-ferrier-27978376) after travelling from London to Glasgow by train while infected with Covid at the height of the pandemic. “It’ll now be for the House of Commons to give Margaret Ferrier’s constituents the opportunity of a recall petition.”

The length of the ban would allow a recall petition to be raised in her Rutherglen and Hamilton West seat, which could trigger a by-election.

'It is right that Parliament has thrown the book at her for this unacceptable behaviour. She then returned to Scotland after receiving a positive result. The length of the ban would allow a recall petition to be raised in her Rutherglen and Hamilton West seat, which could trigger a by-election and hand a huge early test to new SNP First Minister Humza Yousaf. The 62-year-old told the commissioner her decision to travel home after she got a positive test result 'was made whilst in a state of shock and anxiety, even panic'. The MP travelled in and around Glasgow and to London in September 2020 after taking a test, instead of isolating. Parliament's Committee on Standards has recommended the punishment for Margaret Ferrier over her incredible breach of

The Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP travelled on public transport at the height of the pandemic knowing she had tested positive for coronavirus. She has already ...

“There are still serious questions for the SNP to answer on what they knew and what they did at the time. On the Monday, while awaiting the result of the test, she travelled by train to London, took part in a Commons debate and ate in the Members’ Tearoom in Parliament. She also breached the code because “her actions commencing from when she first took a Covid-19 test to when she finally begins self-isolation have caused significant damage to the reputation and integrity of the House of Commons as a whole, and of its members generally”. I think the right thing for Margaret Ferrier to do would be to stand down.” She has already been ordered to complete a 270-hour community payback order by a Glasgow court after admitting to culpably and recklessly exposing the public “to the risk of infection, illness and death” as a result of her behaviour. Margaret Ferrier could face a by-election after a Westminster watchdog recommended she was suspended from the House of Commons for 30 days for breaching Covid-19 rules.

The standards committee investigation found Ms Ferrier to have “knowingly and recklessly exposed members of the public and those on the parliamentary estate to ...

A by-election could be an early test for the new leader of the SNP and First Minister Humza Yousaf. They also found her to have “caused significant damage to the reputation of the House.” The standards committee investigation found Ms Ferrier to have “knowingly and recklessly exposed members of the public and those on the parliamentary estate to the risk of contracting COVID-19 and demonstrated a disregard for the parliamentary and national guidance in place”.