MP claims hospital cashed in by renting out ward for porn film

A HOSPITAL hired out one of its wards for the filming of a "big budget" 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.