Lord Sewel of Gilcomstoun, the peer responsible for upholding standards in the House of Lords has resigned as deputy speaker after a video showed him allegedly snorting cocaine with two prostitutes. It is said that he will be facing a police investigation.
The House of Lords had reported the 69-year-old crossbench peer to the police in an unprecedented step.
The former Labour minister also serves on a Nato committee on behalf of the UK.
The Lords Speaker, Baroness D'Souza, has described the discovery as “shocking and unacceptable.” She also said that The House of Lords would “continue to uphold standards in public life and will not tolerate departure from these standards.”
