WORCESTERSHIRE peace protester Brian Haw has gained such notoriety MPs want the law to be changed so he can be shifted from outside the House of Commons.

The influential Westminster procedure committee called for special action to shift the father-of-seven, originally from Redditch.

He has maintained a 24-hour vigil in Parliament Square, opposite the Commons, for 903 days.

Brian - who repeatedly shouts "45 minutes Mr Bliar" through a megaphone - originally called for an end to sanctions against Iraq. He later switched to an anti-war protest.

In a new report, the committee called for a new law to allow his removal.

"The Government should introduce appropriate laws to prohibit long-term demonstrations and to ensure that the laws about access are adequate and enforceable," recommended the cross-party committee, chaired by Conservative MP Sir Nicholas Winterton.

It also called on the authorities to use existing laws to clamp down on the use of amplification equipment in Parliament Square, after MPs complained that their work was continually being disturbed by Mr Haw and other protesters chanting slogans through loudhailers.

But Brian hit back: "The law says I have got the right to freedom of expression. The people in that building across the road need to learn a bit about human rights.

"They say I am disturbing the peace, but all I'm doing is speaking out for peace. What's the noise from my loudhailer compared to the noise of their bombs?"

Brian's protest has sparked complaints from the sub-dean of Westminster Abbey, who said his placards turned one of London's most important squares into an "eyesore".

And Speaker Michael Martin has expressed concern about the use of the Square for "unsightly and occasionally disruptive demonstrations".

In October last year, Westminster Council failed in an attempt to evict him after High Court judge Mr Justice Gray refused to grant an injunction restraining him from obstructing the pavement with his collection of placards and banners.

The judge ruled that, as the pavement is not much used by pedestrians, no-one was being significantly obstructed by Mr Haw's demonstration, which was protected by Human Rights Act provisions on free speech.

Home Office minister Lord Bassam said the Government would consider the report's findings carefully.

But he told the House of Lords: "The nature and location of these displays means that there is no immediate action that can be taken."