Tory MP Neil Parish claims he opened pornography in Parliament by mistake
On Wednesday, it emerged that a female minister had reported a male colleague for viewing pornographic material while sitting beside her in the Commons chamber. The female minister said she had also seen the MP watching pornography during a hearing of a select committee, The Times reported.The allegations were subsequently revealed to have been made about Mr Parish, who said he had referred himself for investigation.
Labour accused the government of having known about the incident for days and attempting to "cover it up". "I fully expected to wake up on the Wednesday morning and find that a member of Parliament had had the whip suspended. The government's safeguarding minister Rachel Maclean denied that the Conservative Party was institutionally sexist, saying: "I think there is clearly a problem in the House of Commons. And I think it extends to all parties actually."
He opposed Brexit in the 2016 referendum and voted against the introduction of same-sex marriage by David Cameron's governmentConservative party Chief Whip Chris Heaton-Harris has asked for the matter to be referred to Parliament's Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme.
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