Overview

• A mobile phone intended to play sexually explicit audio during Prime Minister’s Questions was found and removed in a routine sweep on 3 September.
• The device was reportedly located near the front bench where Sir Keir Starmer was due to face Kemi Badenoch.
• Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has suspended audio tours and limited guided access to the Commons and Lords chambers from 6 September until further notice.
• The Metropolitan Police say the phone was deliberately placed to cause disruption, and investigators have not identified a suspect or clear planting footage.
• Sky News reported the phone had been taped under a table and later rang twice with a sex-noise ringtone after removal, as broader reports note public access and a security staff strike complicated the context.