“There was a hand pressing on his back as he jumped” Journalist Kevin Maguire on Sir Malcolm Rifkind resignation

Former Foreign Secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind is standing down as a Conservative MP, Sir Malcolm was secretly recorded apparently offering his services to a private firm for cash.

He said none of the controversy related to the committee but did not want its work to be "distracted or affected".

Journalist Kevin Maguire - from the Mirror newspaper is on the line