Chris Pincher appeals against proposed eight-week Commons suspension

Standards committee had recommended suspension of Conservative MP after upholding groping allegations

Former government whip Chris Pincher is to appeal against an eight-week parliamentary suspension imposed on him following allegations that he drunkenly groped two men at the Carlton Club in central London last year.

This month, the standards committee found that the MP's conduct last summer was profoundly damaging" and amounted to an abuse of power.