Environment Secretary Therese Coffey has denied manhandling Tory MPs to force them to oppose a Labour vote, declaring she is not at all worried about the findings of an investigation into claims of bullying in the Commons.
The Cabinet minister is among a group of senior Tories accused of pressuring colleagues to vote against the motion on fracking last week, with Labour former minister Chris Bryant alleging some Conservative MPs were physically steered into the “no” lobby.
