Rishi Sunak has claimed it was "odd to be getting lectures on values by the SNP".
The Prime Minister hit out after he was asked by Nationalist MP Peter Grant about the behaviour of former Tory minister Dominic Raab's after he was found to have acted in an "intimidating" way towards staff.
The member for Glenrothes asked Sunak today what it showed of his own values after the PM did not distance himself from Raab.
But Sunak hit back, referring to the arrests of former SNP senior figures Colin Beattie and Peter Murrell.
Raab was found guilty to have bullied staff but criticised the "threshold for bullying" for being "so low", adding that it set a "dangerous precedent".
Sunak did not criticise Raab in his reply to the resignation letter.
Grant asked Sunak: "After an investigation ordered by the Prime Minister himself, a senior Conservative MP was found guilty of bullying, found guilty of behaviour that was persistently aggressive and intimidating.
"The MP in question then attempted to blame his victims and a whole string of Conservative MPs queued up to defend him, suggesting that his conduct was not only acceptable but was good management practice.
"What does it say about the Prime Minister's own values that he has done nothing to distance himself from those comments?"
Sunak replied: "When formal complaints were made, I quite rightly initiated an independent investigation and as soon as it reported, action was taken.
"That's the right thing to do, to follow due process and then let the process play out.
"But I do think it is somewhat odd to be getting lectures on values just now from the SNP."
A spokesperson for Sunak confirmed afterwards that he was referring to the arrests of Beattie and Murrell.
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