jasvinder sanghera has fought for women's rights.ghting so hard for her own — accusing lord lester, a member of the house of lords and human rights lawyer, of harassing her 12 years ago. he sexually harassed me. he bullied me. he exerted his power and influence over me. he said to me, if i was to sleep with him, he would make me a baroness within a year. he... ..physically groped me. a house of lords investigation decided lord lester, who says it's all completely untrue, should be suspended for nearly four years — the longest suspension since the second world war. but his colleagues in the lords blocked that yesterday. if you are accused of serious misconduct, and the issue turns on credibility and you face a serious sanction, you are entitled, you have a legal right to cross—examine the person making these allegations against you. how did it leave you feeling? angry. ifelt bullied, to be quite honest with you. i felt bullied by them. what happened yesterday in the house of lords was not fair. i did not have the right to respond. the

jasvinder sanghera claims that lord lester, a former liberal democrat front bencher, also offered herex. a parliamentary committee recommended his suspension, but that's been blocked by the house of lords. ms sanghera, an author and women's rights campaigner, says it makes her feel likes she's been "abused all over again". lord lester strongly denies the claims against him. lucy manning reports. jasvinder sanghera has fought for women's rights, but she didn't expect she'd be fighting so hard for her own — accusing lord lester, a member of the house of lords and human rights lawyer, of harassing her 12 years ago. he sexually harassed me. he bullied me. he exerted his power and influence over me. he said to me, if i was to sleep with him, he would make me a baroness within a year. he... ..physically groped me. a house of lords investigation decided lord lester, who says it's all completely untrue, should be suspended for nearly four years — the longest suspension since the second world war. but his colleagues in the lords blocked that yesterday. if you are accused of serious misconduct,

jasvinder sanghera has fought for women's rights, but she didn't expect she'd be fighting so hard forouse of lords and human rights lawyer, of harassing her 12 years ago. he sexually harassed me. he bullied me. he exerted his power and influence over me. he said to me, if i was to sleep with him, he would make me a baroness within a year. he... ..physically groped me. a house of lords investigation decided lord lester, who says it's all completely untrue, should be suspended for nearly four years — the longest suspension since the second world war. but his colleagues in the lords blocked that yesterday. if you are accused of serious misconduct, and the issue turns on credibility and you face a serious sanction, you are entitled, you have a legal right to cross examine the person making these allegations against you. how did it leave you feeling? angry. ifelt bullied, to be quite honest with you. i felt bullied by them. what happened yesterday in the house of lords was not fair. i did not have the right to respond. these individuals voted on a sanction and these individuals were his pe

jasvinder sanghera has fought for women‘s rights, but she didn‘t expect she‘d be fighting so hard forf harassing her 12 years ago. he sexually harassed me. he bullied me. he exerted his power and influence over me. he said to me, if i was to sleep with him, he would make me a baroness within a year. he... ..physically groped me. a house of lords investigation decided lord lester, who says it‘s all completely untrue, should be suspended for nearly four years — the longest suspension since the second world war. but his colleagues in the lords blocked that yesterday. if you are accused of serious misconduct, and the issue turns on credibility and you face a serious sanction, you are entitled, you have a legal right to cross examine the person making these allegations against you. how did it leave you feeling? angry. ifelt bullied, to be quite honest with you. i felt bullied by them. what happened yesterday in the house of lords was not fair. i did not have the right to respond. these individuals voted on a sanction and these individuals were his peers. a few days after, you wrote in an i

jasvinder sanghera claims lord lester, a former liberal democrat front bencher, also offered her a peerageded his suspension, but that's been blocked by the house of lords. ms sanghera, an author and women's rights campaigner, says it makes her feel likes she‘s been ‘abused all over again.‘ lord lester strongly denies the claims against him. lucy manning reports. jasvinder sanghera has fought for women‘s rights, but she didn‘t expect she‘d be fighting so hard for her own — accusing lord lester, a member of the house of lords and human rights lawyer, of harassing her 12 years ago. he sexually harassed me. he bullied me. he exerted his power and influence over me. he said to me, if i was to sleep with him, he would make me a baroness within a year. he... ..physically groped me. a house of lords investigation decided lord lester, who says it‘s all completely untrue, should be suspended for nearly four years — the longest suspension since the second world war. but his colleagues in the lords blocked that yesterday. if you are accused of serious misconduct, and the issue turns on credibility an

jasvinder sanghera is here. thank you for coming on the programme.e in the house of lords yesterday and my worst fears were unfolding in front of me. the sheer imbalance of power, it paralysed me at the beginning in terms of complaining. i felt bullied from afar, to be frank. i was not in the room in that debate, neither was the room in that debate, neither was theissue the room in that debate, neither was the issue of sexual harassment and bullying. the people in the room we re bullying. the people in the room were clearly lord lester's peers, his mates, who voted on the sanction. ifind his mates, who voted on the sanction. i find it his mates, who voted on the sanction. ifind it completely unfair. secondly, his reputation, not mine, but his. what we have to remember here is that i went through a process. he went through the same process as me. it was fair and a process as me. it was fair and a process that he endorsed and supported in the house of lords over nine years. that is what the commissioner said. at no point did he object to that process.

we speak live to the woman who made the allegations, jasvinder sanghera, to get her reaction.t, patches of fog but it will lift. staying cloudy for most parts of england and wales but a few brighter skies develop in western areas. best of the sunshine in northern and western scotland, perhaps northern ireland as well, getting some sunny spells. elsewhere, staying mostly cloudy and temperatures about 11—14, not as mild or warm as it was yesterday. through this evening and overnight, we keep a lot of cloud. there could be some missed developing, a bit of folded into the early of saturday morning. one or two clear slots but once again, a mild night. temperatures staying up 7—12 degrees. on saturday and sunday, increasing amounts of sunshine. a fine weekend, lots of dry weather but it will get colder. temperatures 10-12. but it will get colder. temperatures 10—12. bye—bye. hello, this is bbc news. we are heading back to westminster ina we are heading back to westminster in a moment and let me remind you of the latest developments first. michael gove is considering his position in

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liberal democrat frontbencher who's 82, denies the claims made by women's rights campaigner jasvinder sangheras and conduct committee, which investigated, is recommending to peers that he be suspended until 2022. doctors in rural areas are having to apply for extra funding in order to diagnose patients with autism, this programme has been told. the national autistic society say families with violent children are being put in danger, because they're not getting support quickly enough. we'll have a full report after this news summary. a ban on milkshakes with more than 300 calories is being demanded by campaign group action on sugar. following a survey of shakes in restaurants and fast food outlets they said the drinks contained "grotesque" levels of sugar. the milkshake that topped the survey contained 39 teaspoons of sugar, more than six times the daily amount recommended for seven to 10—year—olds. public health england is challenging businesses to cut sugar by 20% by 2020. that is a summary of the news today, back to you, victoria. having a child with autism can be challening; having a child

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the woman who‘s accused him is jasvinder sanghera a campaigner for women‘s rights and against forcedmembers of the house of lords straining to discussing me as an individual — what i did, what i didn‘t do. and nobody in that room, actually very few, sorry, forgive me, talked about the real issues here. the issues of sexual harassment and bullying, and certainly did not discuss the impact on me. baroness nicholson voted not to suspend lord lester — and she in our studio in westminster. why did you do that?” why did you do that? i picked up the case by mistake. i was coming in from a flight and they read and arabic, english speaking newspaper. i saw by my horror what the house of lords committee recommended we should do. it seemed there was a flaw in our system. irrespective of who the two people wear, it was, in my opinion, completely wrong that there should be no opportunity for cross—examination. also, because the house of lords is interlocutor and ruler, once a case has gone through the house of lords, the person, whether they are guilty or innocent asa whether they are guilty or i