Prime minister Boris Johnson has refused to say if the Tory MP who was allegedly caught watching porn in the Commons chamber would lose the whip if the accusation proved true.
Speaking during a visit to Burnley, Mr Johnson told broadcasters that the behaviour is “obviously unacceptable”.
Asked if it would be a matter which would lead to the parliamentarian losing the Conservative whip, the PM said: “I think it’s obviously unacceptable for anybody to be doing that kind of thing in the workplace.
“It would be the same for any kind of job up and down the country, let’s be absolutely clear about that.
“What needs to happen now is that the proper procedures need to be gone through, the independent complaints and grievances procedure needs to be activated and we need to get to understand the facts, but, yeah, that kind of behaviour is clearly totally unacceptable.”
It follows calls from Keir Starmer for the Conservatives to take immediate action against the accused MP, instead of leaving it to an independent investigation.
