A parliamentary committee has recommended that Labour peer Lord Pendry should be suspended from the House of Lords for a week after bullying a member of security staff.

A report published by the Lords Conduct Committee on Thursday stated that former junior minister Tom Pendry breached the Code of Conduct “in relation to behaviour that constituted bullying against a member of security staff in the Parliamentary Security Department”.

The standards watchdog’s report follows a complaint made regarding Lord Pendry’s behaviour by a Parliamentary Security Officer.

The incident occurred in July 2021.

Lord Pendry is said to have confronted a security guard who had found one of his guests walking unescorted near the Lords chamber and been “verbally aggressive” and shown “intimidating behaviour” towards the guard.

The guard told the committee the incident left them “physically shaken and unnerved” as well as “shocked and upset”.

They said they continue “to feel very anxious and stressed regarding this incident”.

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The Labour peer denied a claim he grabbed the guard’s radio, but the guard and a witness both described physical contact “in an inappropriate, unwarranted and non-socially distanced manner”.

Lord Pendry admits he was “upset” at the time of the incident.

The report, carried out by Lords Standards Commissioner Akbar Khan, concluded: “It is never acceptable to approach a member of staff in a threatening manner or to touch them without their consent.”

Peers will now vote on whether or not they agree that the Labour peer should be suspended for the week period that the committee has recommended.

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