Ex-Tory MP Harvey Proctor has urged the House of Lords to block a fresh bid to make former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson a peer.
Mr Watson, 55, is said to have pressured Metropolitan Police officers and peddled false claims made by fantasist Carl Beech of a paedophile ring at the heart of Westminster.
Named Operation Midland, Met officers probing the bogus allegations carried out dawn raids at high-profile addresses including the homes of D-Day hero Lord Bramall, Lord Brittan and Mr Proctor.
Mr Beech had claimed he and other boys were raped and tortured in the 1970s and 1980s and that one young boy was even murdered by members of a VIP paedophile ring.
He is now serving an 18-year prison sentence for 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one count of fraud.
The former Labour deputy 'formed a support group' and 'invited' Beech to the House of Commons following the allegations.
A report into the Met's handling of the case carried out by retired High Court Judge, Sir Richard Henriques later found that Mr Watson 'raised in Parliament suggestions that a paedophile ring was operating in the heart of Westminster' on October 24, 2012.
The report added that Mr Watson's interest in the operation also 'created further pressure upon MPS officers'.
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