Two arrested after phone played 'sex noises' at PMQs

Two men have been arrested after a mobile phone was planted in the House of Commons to play “sex noises” during Prime Minister’s Questions.

- AMY-CLARE MARTIN

The device, discovered near the front bench, is thought to have been hidden there to deliberately disrupt the weekly showdown between Sir Keir Starmer and the opposition.

It had been taped to the underside of a table but had lost its grip and fallen on the floor, according to reports. It later rang twice during PMQs with a sexually explicit ringtone, but had already been discovered during a routine security sweep on 3 September.

Scotland Yard launched an investigation into the prank, which is being treated as a major security breach.

A man in his 30s and a man in his 60s were arrested on suspicion of attempting to intentionally cause a public nuisance and bailed later that month, it has now emerged.