Neil Parish has now been suspended from the Conservative whip after referring himself to Parliament’s complaints process following allegations he watched pornography in the Commons chamber.
The Tiverton and Honiton MP spoke to the chief whip today and had the whip removed pending the outcome of the investigation. Two female Conservative MPs alleged earlier this week that they had seen a colleague watching porn in the chamber while sitting next to a female minister.
The claims were naturally explosive and have dominated Westminster ever since. They have opened up the debate on misogyny and sexism in Parliament more widely.
It has led to MPs making separate allegations against other figures in parliament. Anne-Marie Trevelyan said in an interview today that she had been pinned up against a wall by a colleague who told her she must want him because he was a powerful man.
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