Mr Bryant said he was touched by four MPs. 'There are a few but it's very easy to brand the whole institution as institutionally sexist, I don't think that's true.'īoris Johnson was among those to criticise the report that said Ms Rayner, the deputy leader of Labour, had been accused of crossing her legs to distract the Prime Minister. Mr Bryant's story follows calls for change in the culture at Parliament, after a week that started with outrage at the Angela Rayner story and ended with an MP having to resign for twice watching porn in the Commons.Ĭaroline Nokes, the Conservative MP, said her party was institutionally sexist as she revealed she had been touched and bullied by male MPs.Īsked about the comments on LBC on Sunday, business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said: 'No, I don't agree with her, I think that it's easy when you have a few what I call bad apples, there are instances where individuals behave badly.
Read more: Neil Parish resigns after watching porn in Commons - but says he meant to look at tractors He did not name the MPs and added that racism and misogyny is 'certainly still around in Parliament'. 'I would call the person out immediately and I would make a complaint.'
