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Lord Ahmed retires from Parliament days before expulsion

By Richard Watson
BBC Newsnight

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image captionThe Lords Conduct Committee concluded Lord Ahmed emotionally and sexually exploited a vulnerable woman

A member of the House of Lords retired from Parliament after seeing a conduct report recommending he be expelled for sexually exploiting a vulnerable woman.

The Lords Conduct Committee concluded Lord Ahmed of Rotherham emotionally and sexually exploited Tahira Zaman, who came to him for help in 2017.

The inquiry into his behaviour followed a BBC Newsnight investigation.

Lord Ahmed said the allegations in the report were not true and he would appeal against the decision.

Ms Zaman said she was "elated and relieved" at the report's findings.

'I was looking for help'

The Lords Conduct Committee report concluded Lord Ahmed had exploited Ms Zaman, despite knowing she was receiving treatment for anxiety and depression.

The Lords Commissioner for Standards, Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, said this "exacerbates the seriousness" of his breaches of the code of conduct.

Ms Zaman told Newsnight last year: "I was looking for help and he took advantage of me, he abused his power."

She said she had approached Lord Ahmed because she thought he could help her get the Metropolitan Police to investigate a faith healer who she believed was exploiting women.

Lord Ahmed wrote to the Met Police Commissioner on headed paper on 2 March, and he and Ms Zaman met at a restaurant in east London in February 2017 to discuss the case.

After dinner, Ms Zaman alleged that Lord Ahmed groped her upper thigh.

On the balance of probabilities, the Commissioner for Standards' investigation found that Lord Ahmed had sexually assaulted her.

Ms Zaman says she was shocked by his behaviour and broke off contact.

But, encouraged by a friend, she messaged Lord Ahmed on 14 July that year to ask if he had received a reply from the police.

He said he had and they arranged to meet at his house in east London to discuss it.

She told Newsnight last year: "He was saying I'm beautiful and, you know, he really likes me."

Later that evening, in September 2017, she had sex with him.

The Commissioner for Standards concludes: "I find that it is more likely than not that Ms Zaman went to Lord Ahmed's house at his invitation to discuss the offer made by the police to meet her.

"However, he had no intention of forwarding her concerns to the police and his use of the offer of a meeting made in the letter from the police to lure Ms Zaman to his house was dishonest."

Tahira Zaman
image captionTahira Zaman complained about Lord Ahmed's behaviour to the Lords' Commissioner for Standards

Lord Ahmed continued to pursue her and Ms Zaman felt they were entering into a relationship.

They messaged each other frequently.

She says they continued to meet at Lord Ahmed's house where they had sex.

But Ms Zaman says that after two months he made it clear he wasn't going to leave his wife and the affair ended. She says she realised she had been exploited.

Ms Zaman first complained to the House of Lords about Lord Ahmed's behaviour in January 2018.

She approached Newsnight after the Commissioner for Standards told her Lord Ahmed could not be investigated because the code of conduct only covered his parliamentary "duties" - mainly proceedings of the House of Lords.

Newsnight investigation

Newsnight began to investigate the Lords' decision not to accept Ms Zaman's complaint, for a film broadcast in February last year.

Interviewed by Newsnight, Lord Carlile QC, a former deputy high court judge, said the Commissioner for Standards had "got it wrong", adding: "If someone comes to you for help, particularly if they're vulnerable and you form a sexual relationship, actually that's disgraceful."

The Commissioner for Standards denied this, telling Newsnight that was a misunderstanding of the code of conduct.

Ten weeks after the film was broadcast, the House of Lords changed the wording of the code to cover parliamentary "activities", rather than just "duties".

It was retrospective and so covered Lord Ahmed's behaviour.

Ms Zaman re-submitted her complaint, which led to a detailed investigation by the Commissioner for Standards.

'I wanted justice'

Responding to the report, Ms Zaman said: "I feel elated and relieved because the whole experience for me was quite traumatising. I'm still digesting, digesting it.

"I keep on telling myself that I've got what I wanted - I wanted justice."

Lord Ahmed said: "I am extremely disappointed by the report of the conduct committee, which is based on a flawed and unfair investigation process.

"I have always said, and maintain, that the allegations contained in the report are not true.

"Given this, I am now going to continue pursuing my appeal to the European Court of Human Rights to remedy this injustice."

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1 hour ago, Ranjeet01 said:

Metoo'd. 

She knew exactly what she was doing and when it did not work out for her she plays victim.

This does no favours for innocent women who are genuinely groomed and sexually exploited. 

I read the entire article waiting for a BOOM moment where he does the typically sexual predatory thing, but by the time I finished I ended up feeling sorry for him, lol. He was stitched up good and proper.

No doubt he's a scumbag for cheating on his wife, but there's no way he should be done for what's being portrayed.

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