The House of Commons collapsed into laughter after Tom Pursglove made the double entendre – but the Prime Minister played along, asking 'if he’d like to come and see me later…'
PRIME Minister’s Questions was turned blue today after a Tory MP asked Theresa May if he could “give her one” after the debate... a reusable coffee cup that is.
The House of Commons collapsed into laughter after Tom Pursglove made the double entendre – but the Prime Minister played along.
She told the backbencher: “Well, I’m very happy to say to my honourable friend that if he’d like to come and see me later…”
The Corby MP went red after his accidentally smutty line, which began innocently enough about the issue of dealing with the millions of single-use coffee cups thrown away each year.
Mr Pursglove said: “In order to solve it we need industry, consumers and Government to work together.
"And in that spirit, Amaray, a company in my constituency, have developed a fully recyclable alternative cup that can be easily recycled unlike the current option.”
But he then finished by saying: “"So will she join me in welcoming that innovation? And perhaps if she's around afterwards, I may be able to give one to her."
After the MPs finally quietened down Mrs May replied: "Well, I'm very happy to say to my honourable friend that if he'd like to come along and see me afterwards...
“But he has raised an important point, and as he knows we are committed to wanting to leave our environment in a better state than we found it.”
But it is not the first time she has made a risqué joke during PMQs, including one back in January with Tory vice-chair James Cleverly - who had once joked about “snogging” Mrs May.
Mr Cleverly said in the chamber: “In December, when the Brexit secretary met (EU negotiator) Michel Barnier they hugged.
“In that spirit, would the prime minister passionately embrace, not me don't worry, would she passionately embrace the agenda she set out last year to build a Britain fit for the future?”
The PM replied to laughter: “I have to say to my hon. friend, he talks about passionate embraces, I don't think he's had the kiss that he once asked for.”
And last year she made a bawdy gag about another Tory MP, Peter Bone, getting an extra special birthday gift.
After Mr Bone kicked off PMQs by noting that it was his 64th birthday, he asked her if she could give him the present “reopening Wellingborough prison”.
But Mrs May rose to her feet and replied: “I would say to my honourable friend I am very happy to wish him a very happy birthday, many happy returns.
“I hope that Mrs Bone is going to treat the occasion in an appropriate manner.”
