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Hello and welcome to coffee house shots I'm Lucy Dunn and today I'm joined by the spectators Katie

balls and former advisor to Tony Blair John mickternen. It's been a busy time for

labor lately but with admitting new MPs to the party and the party's

policy proposals facing scrutiny.

Katie, we saw last night that Natalie Elphic helped the Commons defeat a government-led

motion by voting to ban MPs if they've been arrested on suspicion of violence or sexual offences.

So firstly, what does the result of the vote actually mean?

For the result simply means that MPs arrested for serious sexual assault or violent offences could be banned from

attending Parliament. And this is not what the government was putting forward, which would be

when you were charged at that point you would be banned.

And previously it's almost relied on whips having a word

with the person and trying to get them to agree to it that way.

So whatever happened in this vote,

there was going to be a change in policy. What is interesting is the

outcome by that one vote and as you say Natalie Elf it can be called that one vote

though of course we could pick anyone who voted for and say they were the deciding vote. What it has meant is that now if an MP is you know arrested they will be

banned as opposed to charge and the government

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