Labour MP calls for Paul Dacre peerage to be delayed

Chris Bryant questions timing while Daily Mail publisher faces legal action over alleged privacy breaches

The peerage due to be awarded to Paul Dacre, the former editor of the Daily Mail, should be delayed during the legal action being taken against its publisher over alleged intrusion into privacy, Chris Bryant, the Labour MP and standards chair, has suggested.

Bryant, who formerly chaired parliament’s media committee, questioned whether it was appropriate for Dacre to be handed a peerage by Liz Truss’s government, which is likely to come within days.

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