When asked what happened, Paris said he had seen the porn “by accident”, although he did not give further details on how it happened. He added: “I think everything should go through the investigation, and then I will give them all the information I have and they will make the decision. “And then I will decide what to do, whether to stay in parliament or leave.” Asked if he had any comments for his constituents, Paris said: “I will continue to work for them. I apologize for the situation – the whip is being withdrawn – but I am still an MP for them. And at the moment I am still the chairman of the special committee on environment, food and agricultural affairs and I take this job very seriously. And I will continue it as long as I have it “. You can read the full interview in the Telegraph here Updated at 11.13 BST You can read the full report about Michael Fabricant here. Tory MP Michael Fabricant apologized for suggesting that many teachers and nurses were enjoying a “quiet drink” at the end of the day in staff rooms during the lockdown. In a letter posted on the National Teachers Association (NAHT) Board of Directors website after the outrage from the education sector for his comments, Fabricant said he had no intention of offending or discouraging his morale, “and I apologize. if I did it honestly. “ He added: “I applaud the work of nurses, general practitioners and others in the medical and educational professions who worked long hours under difficult and sometimes difficult conditions during the height of the Covid pandemic to keep us all safe and educated. our children. ” The Conservative MP pushing for an investigation into Sir Keir Starmer drinking a beer with colleagues during the Covid crackdown has been accused of wasting police time by a Labor spokesman. Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson said Richard Holden made the mistake of asking officers to reconsider “this nonsense” as he insisted no rules were violated. Kir Starmer said there was a “great contrast” between local MP Mary Foy’s rally in Durham last year and a police breach of the Downing Street rule imposed on Boris Johnson. Holden, who represents Northwest Durham, has asked Durham police to reconsider their assessment that no offense was committed during the April 30 meeting last year. Phillips told BBC Radio 4 today: “Richard Holden should know better than to waste police time on this nonsense, they have better things to do with their time. “The police investigated this issue, no rules were violated, nothing was done that was not in accordance with the rules of that time, so I really think it is better to focus their efforts on dealing with the problems they have than to try to exaggerate , what was clearly within the rules at that time “. Updated at 11.38 BST Defense Secretary Rachel McLean has argued that Paris should be expelled from the party if convicted of the allegations. Speaking to Sky News on Saturday, Maclean said: “Clearly if this is substantiated and these allegations turn out to be true, of course I insist on what I said, but at the same time there is now an inquiry to make it useful for me to speculate. for specific results. “This kind of behavior has no place in any workplace, let alone in parliament, but I think everyone would agree that when there is a claim being made, it is not really up to us, as colleagues, to judge another colleague, it is to carry out this process “. Maclean added that she has “absolutely complete confidence in the whip of the head”. “It works incredibly fast, I do not understand why the investigation can not be completed very quickly and I am sure that appropriate measures will be taken from it,” he said. Updated at 11.30 BST Senior Conservative MP Caroline Nokes accused the party of “unnecessary unrest and delay” in taking action against Neil Parish, amid allegations that she watched pornography in the House of Commons. Noche, who chairs the Committee on Women and Equality, also said it would be “difficult” for Paris to spend the required time in parliament as the committee’s elected chair while it is under investigation. Speaking on BBC Radio 4 today, he said: “I felt like I was leaving it until Friday before we learned that the whips had taken action and I felt like an unnecessary disturbance and delay.” He went on to say that although he did not want Paris to resign immediately, it was “right that these investigations be carried out before any further action is taken”. Asked if Parish should continue as chairman of the environmental selection committee, Nokes added: “It’s a matter for Neil to talk to the party’s whips and take a stand, but I think while he is under investigation he will make it very difficult. to be in the Commons as needed “. Paris, the Tiverton and Honiton MP for Devon, suspended the scourge after becoming his party’s fourth MP since the last election he faced allegations of irregularities. Updated on 11.09 BST Conservative MP Michael Fabricant apologized to principals for comments that teachers and nurses were enjoying a “quiet drink” in staff’s rooms during the lockdown. PA Media reports: Writing to the NAHT school leaders’ union, he said it was not his intention to “discourage” anyone and that he “neither judged nor punished the minority of nurses or teachers who chose to relax with a few colleagues after a long shift”. . He said he had heard of “a number of cases” where teachers had enjoyed a drink at school after work, but that “the number of drinks after work remains a small minority”. He added: “My mistake in one part of the program – which was repeated on television – was to give the impression that it was a general practice by nurses and teachers: this never happened.” Michael Fabricant, Lichfield Conservative MP in Staffordshire Photo: Amer Ghazzal / REX / Shutterstock Updated at 11.10 BST Emily Dugan spoke with women MPs about the half-hearted climate they feel in Westminster. For example, Lynne Featherstone, who served as Minister for Equality in the coalition government and now sits in the House of Lords, recalled an incident on the rooftop of the Commons when she was still a Member of Parliament. “One Labor MP in his 60s kept telling his investigators, ‘Come sit on my knee,’ and others took turns sitting on their knees and laughing,” he said. “It was horrible to see that. He pulled them up to their knees and they laughed because they were young and impressed. “ You can read more of these accounts by Alex Davies-Jones, Jess Phillips and Anna Soubry here: Updated on 11.11 BST
Parish says she “gained weight” after being named an MP who watched porn in the Commons
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Neil Parish said that now that allegations that he had watched pornography in the House of Commons were open, I felt “almost as if a weight had been lifted from me”. When asked what happened, Paris said he had seen the porn “by accident”, although he did not give further details on how it happened. He added: “I think everything should go through the investigation, and then I will give them all the information I have and they will make the decision. “And then I will decide what to do, whether to stay in parliament or leave.” Asked if he had any comments for his constituents, Paris said: “I will continue to work for them. I apologize for the situation – the whip is being withdrawn – but I am still an MP for them. And at the moment I am still the chairman of the special committee on environment, food and agricultural affairs and I take this job very seriously. And I will continue it as long as I have it “. You can read the full interview in the Telegraph here Updated at 11.13 BST
The Tory MP is facing calls to resign over pornographic allegations
Good morning. Neil Paris, the Conservative MP accused of pornography surveillance in the House of Commons, is facing calls to resign now instead of waiting for the results of the investigation into the allegations. Paris, the Tiverton and Honiton MP for Devon, suspended the scourge after becoming his party’s fourth MP since the last election he faced allegations of irregularities. In a statement, the 65-year-old wrote on his website: “I will cooperate fully in any investigation and as long as it is ongoing I will continue to perform my duties as an MP for Tiverton and Honiton.” However, there were suggestions that a Tories minister saw him watch porn for the second time at a committee meeting. Paris said he would consider his position as an MP after the investigation, telling reporters: “I will not remain guilty if found guilty.” The shadow Labor leader in the House of Commons, Thangam Debbonaire, says Parish must “do the decent thing and resign”. “It has been referred to the standards committee, where they will have, among various other options, the option of expulsion,” he told reporters. “But I think he has to do the decent thing and give up.” We will bring you more updates on this story later in the day. Updated on 10.12 BST
