Dhaka, Nov. 24 -- The House of Lords has suspended two long-serving peers after a parliamentary watchdog ruled that both of them repeatedly violated lobbying rules.

The Guardian reported that Richard Dannatt, a former head of the British Army, and David Evans, Lord Evans of Watford, were filmed breaching the rules in undercover footage.

Lord Dannatt is to be suspended for four months after being found to have offered to secure meetings with ministers for a potential commercial client seeking to lobby the government.

The British daily added that he was secretly filmed saying he could make introductions to ministers and that he would "make a point of getting to know" the best-placed politician.

Following The Guardian's reporting, three ...