MP Neil Parish expected to quit this afternoon amid porn claims

Neil Parish, the MP being investigated for allegedly watching pornography in the Commons, is expected to resign as an MP today, the BBC has been told.

Mr Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton in Devon, referred himself for investigation this week after the claims emerged.

Two female colleagues claimed they had seen him looking at adult content on his phone while sitting near them.

He was suspended by the Conservative Party on Friday over the allegations.

He previously told the BBC he would co-operate fully with the inquiry.

"Of course it's embarrassing," he said on Friday. "And it's embarrassing for my wife and family, and so that's my main concern at the moment. I have a very supportive wife and I thank her for that."

Asked if it was a mistake and he had opened something on his phone in error, he said: "I did, but let the inquiry look at that.

"I will await the findings of the inquiry and then I will consider my position. I will not remain if I am found guilty."

He said he understood the upset he might have caused and "I apologise for that".

In an interview with the Times, Mr Parish's wife, Sue Parish, said the allegation was "very embarrassing" and described her husband as "quite a normal guy" and "a lovely person".

"If you were mad with every man who looked at pornography, you would not have many wives in the world," she said.

She added she did not see the attraction of pornography and understood why the women who had made the allegation were upset.

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