Tory MP ‘watched porn in House of Commons’

CONSERVATIVE Party whips are investigating claims that a Tory MP watched porn on his mobile phone in the UK’s House of Commons chamber.

Two female MPs say they witnessed their colleague looking at adult images more than once.

Chris Heaton-Harris, the Tory chief whip, launched an investigation into the ‘wholly unacceptable’ allegations yesterday.

Furious female Tory MPs have demanded that their male colleague quit.

The claims about the MP, who has not been named and is not believed to be a minister, were aired during a meeting of backbench Tories. One female MP told the meeting on Tuesday they had sat behind the man on the Commons benches and seen him look at porn on his phone.

Another said she had seen the same MP looking at porn both in the chamber and in a committee hearing room.

One attendee said: ‘We were having a discussion about being a woman in politics, particularly a woman in the governing party. Then a colleague dropped this bombshell. They said they had seen a male Tory MP watching porn on his phone a few weeks ago. They said they were sat in the rows behind him. Then another colleague said that they had seen the same person watching porn in the chamber and at a committee hearing. It wasn’t what any of us were expecting.

‘It certainly wasn’t what the chief whip was expecting.

‘The chief was shocked and concerned. He said he wanted to speak to the MP who had watched the porn. He said that he would be investigating.’

The Tory MP added of the claims: ‘This shows a basic contempt and disrespect for parliament – and your colleagues.’

Another female MP said at the meeting that when she wore a leather skirt she was asked: ‘What do you do for your day job?’

A second said a whip ushered MPs into a voting lobby recently by saying: ‘Come on, girls!’

An MP was said to be left in tears by the allegations, according to one report, though others in the room could not verify this.

Tory MP Pauline Latham demanded the man responsible resign, telling GB News: ‘They should go. That will mean their ministerial career is absolutely shot and their parliamentary career probably. It’s just not excusable in any way. It’s totally shocking.’

Last night a spokesman for the Conservative chief whip said the matter would be referred to parliament’s independent complaints and grievance scheme.

‘It’s just not excusable’