Neil Parish said opened something on his phone 'in error' whilst his wife said the claims were 'very embarrassing'
He issued the following statement this afternoon: "Following recent allegations regarding an MP’s use of their mobile phone in Parliament, I have referred myself to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards in the House of Commons.
Mr Parish's wife, Sue Parish, told The Times the allegation was "very embarrassing" and said pornography is "degrading, demeaning" to women."People shouldn't be looking at pornography. He would never just sit there with people looking. He would never just do that knowing [people were looking]. "From the Owen Paterson scandal to their failure to act against their paedophile MP Imran Ahmad Khan, this is a government rotting from the head down. Britain deserves better."The claims about pornography followed reports that 56 MPs, including three Cabinet ministers, are facing allegations of sexual misconduct referred to the ICGS.
International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan revealed she has been at the "sharp-end of misogyny" by some of her male colleagues, "many times over".
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