Yesterday the Burton MP was allowed to have the party whip back so he could vote for Theresa May in the leadership contest
MP Jess Phillips has read out sex pest MP Andrew Griffith's disgusting texts in the Commons - after he was let back into the Tory fold.
Yesterday the Burton MP was allowed to have the party whip back so he could vote for Theresa May in the leadership contest.
The married Tory politician resigned as a minister and had the whip removed after he sent 2,000 graphic texts to barmaids calling himself Daddy and describing sex acts to them in detail.
The business minister quit the Government and apologised for the distress he caused to his wife and baby daughter.
But today Labour's Jess Phillips attacked the decision to let him, and a fellow MP Charlie Elphicke, have the Tory whip back.
She read out Mr Griffith's texts to colleagues today in the Commons, saying: "'She's so cute, so sweet, I can't wait to beat her. Can she take a beating?' Not my words Mr Speaker, the words of the MP for Burton."
She went on: "Last night the Leader of the House's party gave him and the MP for Dover the whip back without any due process.
"What message does this send about any process here in this place can ever be trusted?"
She added: "And what matters more - political power or protecting victims of sexual harassment and abuse?
Commons leader Andrea Leadsom said she was "absolutely committed to changing the culture of this place" and there was a process that had been undertaken.
But she said it was ultimately the Chief Whip's decision to reinstate the whip for the vote.
Her comments prompted MPs to cry "shame!" and be accused of "meaningless words".
Griffiths, 48, who became a father in April, sent barmaid Imogen Treharne, 28, and her pal £700 and offered to rent a flat to meet for sex,
Amongst the reported messages, it's claimed the MP wrote: “Take off the bra and panties… you’ve got Daddy in such a frenzy" and "Daddy is going to have to put some manners on you".
In other messages, it's alleged he told the girls: "I had a **** who I made dress up like a pig - piggy nose, ears, ****pig written across her forehead and a piggy tail".
The ex-minister later claimed he was having a mental breakdown and had to spend a month in hospital.
He's still under investigation from Parliament's standards watchdog.
A No 10 source said the MP could face further action if an investigation into his behaviour warranted it.
They stressed that the whip was not restored just for Mr Griffiths to vote in yesterday's confidence vote.
