The Commons Standards Committee found Andrew Bridgen had displayed a 'very cavalier' attitude to the rules
The Speaker of the House has received a letter confirming Mr Bridgen's appeal.
The cross-party committee found the MP breached lobbying rules "on multiple occasions and in multiple ways" and called for him to be suspended from the Commons for five days.The committee said Mr Bridgen had called the integrity of Standards Commissioner Kathryn Stone into question It said the offences included an "unacceptable attack upon the integrity" of Standards Commissioner Kathryn Stone.
It was recommended he be suspended for three days for this - in addition to two days for three breaches of the code of conduct, including failing to declare a relevant interest in emails to ministers.donation and a funded visit to GhanaThe backbencher had previously said he was "extremely disappointed" and initially accepted the committee's findings, adding he would "comply with them as required to do so".
However, a letter to Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle confirmed the appeal after he extended the deadline to launch an appeal by a week.
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