Leader of the House of Common Jacob Rees-Mogg has called on Conservative MP Rob Roberts to resign after an investigation found he sexually harassed an employee.
Mr Rees-Mogg said stepping down would be the “honourable” thing for the Delyn MP to do.
MPs backed the report’s recommendation for him to be suspended for six weeks.
Parliamentary rules mean the ruling has not triggered a recall petition which can force a by-election, as it can do in other cases.
Mr Rees-Mogg was addressing MPs on Thursday shortly before Parliament supported Mr Roberts’s suspension, he raised his concerns about the “discrepancy” and he wanted to deal with it “in the most straight forward way possible”.
The Commons leader said: “Following a case of this severity, in which it would be honourable for a member to stand down after the withdrawal of the whip, we need to look at whether the process is striking the right balance between independence, protecting the confidentiality of complainants, and ensuring consistent outcomes across different types of conduct case.”
Myles Power, former chairman of the Delyn Conservative Association, told BBC Wales he would “much rather have an honourable Labour Member of Parliament” than Mr Roberts.
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