A man has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting West Suffolk MP Matt Hancock.
A 61-year-old has been arrested after Mr Hancock was assaulted on the London Underground.
British Transport Police said: “We received a report of a man being assaulted and harassed at Westminster Underground station at 8.47am yesterday morning (January 24).
“A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of common assault and a public order offence and remains in custody."
A spokesman for Mr Hancock, who represents West Suffolk, said it was an “unpleasant encounter”.
The spokesman added: “Both Transport for London staff and the British Transport Police were fantastic and the man has since been arrested."
He added “this sort of behaviour is a rare occurrence” and stressed the “importance of shutting down baseless misinformation which causes so much harm”.
“Matt wants to put on record his thanks to TfL and the British Transport Police for their extraordinary work,” the spokesman said.
Enquiries into the incident are ongoing.
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