Parliamentary privilege should be used sparingly, says Mel Stride on scandal engulfing corporation

A cabinet minister has said he would not use parliamentary privilege to identify the BBC presenter at the heart of a scandal over alleged cash for explicit pictures, in an apparent move to discourage fellow MPs from taking that decision.

A prominent male BBC presenter was suspended at the weekend after allegations he spent £35,000 buying explicit images from a young person, who was allegedly 17 years old when they started talking online.

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