Policing Minister Kit Malthouse has been slammed for saying the Met Police force is "not homophobic" in his experience, as MPs called for an inquiry into the Stephen Port murders.
Jess Philips, Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence urged the Minister to look beyond his own experience" as he is a straight man.
Mr Malthouse claimed the Met Police force recognises the "serious failings" it has made, in its failure to stop serial killer Stephen Port.
And he said the force recognises work needs to be done to rebuild trust between the force and the LGBT+ community.
But he rebuffed calls for a further public inquiry into this incident.
Mr Malthouse told the Commons: "It’s not, I have to say, in my experience that the Metropolitan Police is institutionally homophobic.
“However, obviously the commissioner and the mayor have commissioned Baroness Casey to look at the culture of the Metropolitan Police in all its aspects following the awful killing of Sarah Everard.
“I understand that her work will include examining whether… prejudice, such as ( Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodge) outlines, exists within the force.”
Ms Phillips said on Twitter : "Don't ask, don't tell. Perhaps it would be better to try and find out beyond your own experience."
Stephen Port, 46, is expected to die behind bars after killing four young, gay men between June 2014 and September 2015.
Port lured them to his flat and plying them with a fatal dose of GHB before dumping their bodies nearby.
Inquest conclusions found “fundamental failures” by police investigating the victims of Port probably cost lives.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is considering whether to reopen its investigation into how the cases were handled.
It originally investigated 17 officers, all but one of whom gave no comment interviews and instead provided written statements, and nine were found to have performance failings.
A number of detectives gave a full account of their actions to the inquests into the men’s deaths, and the IOPC said it is considering whether anything they said will alter its findings.
Last week, the inquest jury found officers in Barking, east London, missed repeated opportunities to catch Port after he plied first victim Anthony Walgate with a fatal dose of date-rape drug GHB and dumped his body.
