MP claims hospital cashed in by renting out ward for porn film
The movie ended up generating "substantial income" for the hospital, an MP revealed yesterday. Conservative MP Penny Mordaunt told the House of Commons: "When I was director of Kensington and Chelsea Council, I discovered that one of our local hospitals was hiring out one of its closed - but fully-equipped wards - to a film company to use as a film set. To add insult to injury, the movie was a pornographic one.
"Although I cannot claim to have seen the final picture - as I understand, these things are no longer claimable on parliamentary expenses - it was a big-budget affair and generated substantial income for the hospital."
Ms Mordaunt did not name the hospital during the debate on improving transparency in government accounting.