Image caption Rhianon Passmore said she was distressed after she was not able to access her asthma medication

A Labour AM faces a two-week ban from the Senedd without pay after failing to give a breath test.

Rhianon Passmore was banned from driving by Newport magistrates on 12 February after she admitted failing to provide a specimen for analysis.

The assembly's standards committee has recommended she is excluded for 14 days.

The Islwyn AM has apologised, referring to "private struggles that I have found difficult to master".

The Labour group said it had withdrawn the whip from Ms Passmore - excluding her from the group - until 1 October.

Ms Passmore was arrested in September 2017. She said she had tried to drive to her mother's house after drinking two or three glasses ofwine.

The former probation board member, who was elected in 2016, was given a 20 month driving ban, £1,000 fine and £100 victim surcharge while prosecution costs of £620 were awarded against her.

The committee's recommendation follows an investigation by the watchdog for assembly members, standards commissioner Sir Roderick Evans.

In written evidence to the commissioner, Ms Passmore said she did not deliberately fail to give a sample and was distressed after not being able to use her asthma medication properly.

Image caption Rhianon Passmore said she suffered an asthma attack after collecting her car

In evidence to the standards commissioner, Ms Passmore said she had drunk two or three glasses of wine in Cardiff, having left her car at the assembly car park.

After collecting her car later, Ms Passmore said she suffered