open image in gallery She had also touched the hair braids of Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy without consent (Jonathan Brady/PA ... recommend to the House that Baroness Meyer be suspended from ...

A baroness is facing a three-week suspension from the Lords for calling a British-Asian peer “Lord Poppadom” and touching an MP’s braids without her permission. She is said to have called ...

Baroness Catherine Meyer, 71, is accused of referring to Lord Dholakia as “Lord Poppadom” twice during a taxi ride whilst visiting Rwanda as a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR).

A baroness who called a peer of Indian origin "Lord Poppadom" is facing a suspension from the House of Lords after an investigation found her comments amounted to harassment "related to race".

A Tory baroness faces a three-week suspension for making an offensive remark to a British-Asian peer during a visit to Rwanda. Baroness Catherine Meyer was found to have breached harassment rules ...

The incident clearly upset them both, to the point where neither felt comfortable being a member of the same committee as Baroness Meyer.' Ms Ribeiro-Addy told the inquiry she would probably have ...

A baroness is facing a three-week suspension from the Lords for calling a British-Asian peer “Lord Poppadom” and touching an MP’s braids without her permission. Catherine Meyer was found to have ...

Baroness Meyer is facing a three-week suspension from the Lords (PA) A baroness is facing a three-week suspension from the Lords for calling a British-Asian peer “Lord Poppadom” and touching ...

The legislation has also faced opposition from peers such as West Ham United vice chair Baroness Brady, who has told the Lords that there are "dangers lurking in this bill". On Monday, Brady said ...