Overview
- Met police found the phone near the frontbench during a routine chamber sweep at 10:25 on 3 September.
- A man in his 30s was arrested on 5 September and a man in his 60s on 30 September on suspicion of attempting to intentionally cause a public nuisance, and both were bailed.
- Reporting says the device was taped under a table, fell to the floor, and later rang twice during Prime Minister’s Questions with a sexually explicit tone despite having been discovered earlier.
- Parliament introduced tighter measures after the find, cancelling audio and guided tours and restricting public access to the Commons, with the Lords applying similar precautions.
- Police are keeping the Speaker and Clerk updated as they treat the case as a major breach that targeted a high-profile weekly session during a period of security staff industrial action.