A new Tory MP has been accused of misleading the press when he denied having links to a ‘sugar daddy’ matchmaking website.
Labour ’s Tonia Antoniazzi demanded an apology from Jamie Wallis, the newly elected member for Bridgend, over his denial of involvement with the “exploitative and demeaning” website.
Mr Wallis denied having anything to do with sugar-daddy.net when BuzzFeed News revealed his website Clean-Break.co.uk, a trading title of Wallis’s company Quickie Divorce Limited, listed the site as a “recommended resource.”
Sugar-Daddy.net closed in 2010. But an archive of the website states: "We can introduce you to your very own sugar daddy and solve your money worries. Whether you're a boy, girl, straight or gay, there's a sugar daddy for you"
Raising a point of order following Prime Minister’s Questions today, Ms Antoniazzi said: “It's come to light that a newly elected member of this house has misled the press over his involvement in an exploitative and demeaning website, called sugar-daddy.net.”
When the story was first published Mr Wallis told BuzzFeed News: “The site appears to have been owned and operated by a company named SD Billing Services Limited.
“For the avoidance of any doubt, I have never had a financial interest, nor been a director of SD Billing services Limited and cannot comment on its operational activities.”
Ms Antoniazzi said: “Now the honourable member for Bridgend's involvement was highlighted following press reports about complaints to Bridgend Trading Standards. Links to the website were denied on the record by the member.
“But companies house records contradict that statement. Information also that I have received from a former employee of the member for Bridgend contradicts this statement.
She added: “At a time when public trust in politicians is already damaged, can the speaker provide a statement on whether the house - and more importantly the people of Bridgend - can expect an apology from the Member to go some way to making up for this appalling behaviour.”
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle said it was not a matter for the chair.
