Keep your hands in your pockets, minister tells male MPs amid sexism row

Anne-Marie Trevelyan says all women in parliament have been subjected to ‘wandering hands’

The UK international trade secretary, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, has urged male colleagues to “keep your hands in your pockets” as she said all women in parliament have been subjected to “wandering hands”.

Speaking on Sky News on Friday, Trevelyan, the MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed, said allegations that a Conservative MP watched pornography in the Commons chamber were “completely unacceptable” but declined to say whether they should be sacked.

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