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baroness is facing a three-week ban from the House of Lords for calling an Asian peer “Lord Poppadom”.The two incidents happened during a visit to Rwanda by the Joint Committee on Human Rights in February.Martin Jelley, the Lords Commissioner for Standards, carried out an investigation into two complaints of harassment against Lady Meyer, who is the widow of Sir Christopher Meyer, the UK’s former ambassador to Washington.
“Lord Dholakia felt ‘shocked’ and ’very uncomfortable, and stated in his complaint that he felt he could not continue as a member of the JCHR alongside Lady Meyer.” “Not only did she feel uncomfortable in the moment, but her discomfort and anger increased over time.”
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