how much trouble does that leave no 10 or stephen parkinson in, do you rachel?as been a response from the whistle—blower has been a response from the whistle— blower and has been a response from the whistle—blower and his has been a response from the whistle— blower and his lawyer saying you don't expect an official downing street statement to make comments about somebody's private sexuality and he also claimed he wasn't out to his pakistani family amber has put his pakistani family amber has put his family at risk. it has all got very messy and toxic as it says. in the opening line, you brought theresa may into it, she was dragged into an extraordinary sex smear row la st into an extraordinary sex smear row last night. if you want to sell a newspaper and a story that's got everything, hasn't it? jilted lover, secret affair, gay love story, possibly breaking campaign rolls. if you want to make campaign finance sexy this is the way to do it. obviously it's very serious and he will have to resign. the suggestion that the information commissioner is looking for ans

stephen parkinson, now the prime minister's official secretary, has denied the claims but in a statementwhistleblower behind them. mr sany‘s friends say he had to rule reveal his sexuality to his mother as a result. how is it remotely a cce pta ble result. how is it remotely acceptable that when a young whistleblower exposes compelling evidence of lawbreaking by the leave campaign intimating —— implicating staff at number ten that one of those names, instead of addressing the allegations, releases and officially sanctioned statement out in the whistleblower as gay and putting his family in pakistan in danger. it's a disgrace prime minister. theresa may told him any statement issued were personal ones. iof statement issued were personal ones. i of course recognise the importance of ensuring that we do recognise that the sum, being touted as gay is difficult because of their family and circumstances. what i want to see is a world where everybody is able to be confident in their sexuality and doesn't have to worry about such things. that answer didn't satisfy another labour mp. prime minist

is one of theresa may's closest aides, helped that group or gave them advice and in response, stephen parkinson he said, "if i gave advice to this person, it was only in the context of our relationship, we had a relationship for 18 months and it ended". that would perhaps seem releva nt ended". that would perhaps seem relevant in the context of the claims but the problem is the whistle—blower says he has not come out as gay. that has put him in a difficult position and his family in the position, given that they live ina the position, given that they live in a country where it is not really accepted. moving on to the sunday telegraph, you were talking about the cambridge analytica story that has dominated the headlines are weak, really, for days, now. this angle in the sunday telegraph is that facebook which has been the subject of so much criticism, a lot of people leaving facebook, actually, saying facebook was warned about the data risk seven years ago. this is the broader context, i think facebook, we can go back and forth oi'i facebook, we can go back and forth on the future for facebook b

it is not don cummings, not stephen parkinson. not head of outreach being investigated. it is not victoria woodcock, who after being notified two weeks after being investigation -- who two weeks after being notified she was under investigation, she attempts to delete don cummings, herself, and the head of digital after they were notified they were under investigation. it is not then under investigation, it is the 22-year-old intern who had no control of spending, told, sign here, sign here. >> do you think the people you have mentioned knew what they were doing was a breach of the law? leave lawyersvote or -- the constitution f the entire process was managed by vote leave lawyers. as was commented on before commentee, that created a veneet what these before two young people were doing felt legal, because they kept talking to lawyers who told them to do this incident. if the lawyers are telling us to do this, therefore this must be the way to do it. they were first time volunteers. although darren is legally liable for what happened, morally i do not fault him. >> do you

i introduced these two young people on the campaign to stephen parkinson in good faith that they wouldn't be manipulated, and they wouldn't be used to break the law. what is so egregious about this is darren was made to be personally liable for a criminal conspiracy, in my view. it is absolutely outrageous the amount of emotional trauma darren has been put through, watching his mental health deteriorate. don convinced him to leave university. >> he said, what might going to do? everyone hates me. he said, i feel trapped. irrespective of what you think about darren, he was a young person manipulated and continues to be manipulated to read what is outrageous is he is the one being investigated. not cleoen parkinson, watson, and she was head of outreach and in charge of the program. the person who after being notified she was under investigation, she goes to her they are putting all of their advertising and material and attempts to delete don cummings, herself, after they were notified they were under investigation. it is not them being investigated for darren, the 22-year-old intern, who ha

given that your political secretary stephen parkinson was the person that‘s responsible for outing votesupport on the issue of russia. does she agree that all member states and indeed the uk should be vigilant against human rights abuses wherever they occur, even when that is within an eu member state itself? can i say to the honourable lady that of course, will in the european union, we all stand up for certain values, european values. human rights are within those values that we stand up for and where any difference is shown by any individual country in relation to that then that is something that is pointed out. thank you, mr speaker. does the prime minister share my incredulity at the crocodile tears of the snp over fishing when they would have us remain in the disastrous cfp in the first place? can i go on to ask her about the question last week from my honourable friend from berwick about mitigation scheme to protect our fishermen during the transition period? has any thought been given to that in government and might we see something about it in the forthcoming fisheries bill? ca