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		</div><p>A Labour peer is being investigated by police in the UK over allegations that he took drugs with prostitutes.</p>
<p>The parliamentary authorities have called in Scotland Yard after the deputy speaker of the Lords was caught on video allegedly taking drugs with prostitutes.</p>
<p>Lord Sewel quit his £84,500 a year role, which included overseeing conduct issues in the House of Lords, after the dramatic expose by The Sun On Sunday.</p>
<p>But he is facing calls to resign from parliament altogether – and could become the first peer expelled under tough new rules that he helped to introduce, even if police take no further action.</p>
<p>The newspaper’s footage shows Lord Sewel romping naked with two women at his flat in Dolphin Square, Pimlico in London, a couple of miles from parliament.</p>
<p>At one point he snorts white powder – alleged to be cocaine – from a prostitute’s breasts using a five-pound note.</p>
<p>He is also pictured wearing an orange bra and leather jacket as he reclines smoking a cigarette.</p>
<p>The 69-year-old apparently paid one of the women for the night with a cheque for £200, dated July 22.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Sun on Sunday: Deputy speaker of the Lords John Sewel caught taking coke with £200-a-night hookers <a href="http://t.co/tzQBjUxJ5D">pic.twitter.com/tzQBjUxJ5D</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Mark Williams-Thomas (@mwilliamsthomas) <a href="https://twitter.com/mwilliamsthomas/status/625191925021323264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2015</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Lord Sewel has yet to respond publicly to the revelations.<br />
Lord Speaker Baroness D’Souza branded the married father’s behaviour “shocking and unacceptable” and said she was referring him to the police.</p>
<p>“Today’s revelations about the behaviour of Lord Sewel are both shocking and unacceptable. Lord Sewel has this morning resigned as chairman of committees,” Lady D’Souza said in a statement.</p>
<p>“The House of Lords will continue to uphold standards in public life and will not tolerate departure from these standards.</p>
<p>“These serious allegations will be referred to the House of Lords Commissioner for Standards and the Metropolitan Police for investigation as a matter of urgency.”</p>
<p>The House of Lords (Suspension and Expulsion) Act 2015 allows peers to be barred from parliament if they breach a beefed-up code of conduct.</p>
<p>The code maintains that members must “always act on their personal honour”.</p>
<p>The Lords Commissioner for Standards Paul Kernaghan, a former police chief constable, will gather evidence on whether there has been any misconduct.</p>
<p>The cross-party Lords Privileges and Conduct Committee – which Lord Sewel chaired until the scandal broke – will then decide on a punishment.</p>
<p>Earlier this month, Lord Sewel wrote an article on the new rules that stated: “Scandals make good headlines. The requirement that members must always act on their personal honour has been reinforced.”</p>
<p>Police sources indicated they would assess the evidence after the referral from Baroness D’Souza, but pointed out that drug-taking allegations were notoriously difficult to prove when there was only video evidence, rather than substances that could be tested.</p>
<p>In between apparently snorting lines, Lord Sewel is heard complaining that he struggles to afford the £1,000-a-month rent on the flat.</p>
<p>The peer is asked whether he receives expenses and explains that he now gets a flat-rate allowance of £200 a day. “It’s all changed and disappeared. People were making false claims,” he said.</p>
<p>“Members of her Lordship’s House who are right thieves, rogues and b*****ds at times. Wonderful people that they are.”</p>
<p>In fact, the per diem for attending the Lords is £300, and it did not apply to Lord Sewel. As he declares his main residence is in Aberdeen, he was entitled to a tax-free office holder’s allowance of £36,000 a year.</p>
<p>Labour MP John Mann insisted Lord Sewel should retire from the Lords voluntarily before he is expelled.</p>
<p>“He chaired the committee that makes the decisions on discipline. It was his committee,” the Bassetlaw MP said.</p>
<p>“He cannot possibly go in front of his own committee and expect a serious hearing. He is a disgrace. He should retire and resign immediately.</p>
<p>“A lifetime ban would be the committee’s only option. He needs to save them and himself further embarrassment and go now.”</p>
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