Cabinet minister says he will not use privilege to name BBC presenter

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 the young person, who was allegedly 17 years old when they started talking online.