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27.04.2022 - 15:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Reports that a Tory MP was watching pornography on his phone while in the Commons chamber are being investigated.
Conservative chief whip Chris Heaton-Harris is probing the claims, a statement from his office has confirmed. The Tory in question was sat next to a female MP while watching the adult content, reports the Mirror.
The incident is said to have taken place 'in the last few months,' it was revealed in a meeting at Westminster on Tuesday night (April 26). Three sources said that around a dozen women MPs at the meeting shared accounts of alleged sexism and harassment by their colleagues.
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The new Tory sexism storm comes after reports that 56 MPs, including three Cabinet ministers, are facing allegations of sexual misconduct after being reported to Parliament's Independent Complaints and Grievance scheme.
The meeting of between 40 and 50 Tory MPs, known as the 2022 group, was attended by new chief whip Chris Heaton-Harris, Tory party chair Oliver Dowden and Commons leader Mark Spencer. Sources in the room also said that former Prime Minister Theresa May, who was present for some of the MPs' testimony, looked on “with a face like thunder”.
One MP said: “It was like a blood-letting. Everybody was sharing awful stories of what had happened to them in the Commons at the hands of male MPs. [The chief whip] clearly hadn’t been expecting it and looked knocked for six. But the big question is what happens next”.
A statement from the Conservative whips office on Wednesday (April 27) said: “The chief whip is looking into this matter. This behaviour is wholly unacceptable and action will be taken.”
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