PEERS and MPs guilty of bullying and sexual harassment could be recalled or expelled from Parliament if recommended new sanctions come into force.

A report by a cross-party working group published today said there was evidence of widespread allegations of sexual harassment in the Palace of Westminster.

It said 19 per cent of 1,377 parliamentary workers had told a survey that they had experienced or witnessed some form of it over the past year — with twice as many female complainants as men.