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Now that Parliamentary debate has moved from the floor of the House of Commons to video link, with only few Members actually present, some 'technical incidents' have been known to occur. We all know how frustrating computers can be...this is from the London 'Independent'

A Tory MP’s microphone picked up her swearing yesterday as she appeared to have technical difficulties while addressing the House of Commons via video link.

Heather Wheeler, the Conservative MP for South Derbyshire, cut off her speech on Covid-19 and appeared to the utter the words “oh f****** hell” as she attempted to adjust her computer during a debate on Monday night.

Nigel Evans, the deputy speaker, then told Ms Wheeler that parliament could still hear her and asked her to continue the speech.

The MP’s comment has not been officially recorded and has instead been marked in Hansard, parliament’s official transcripts, simply as an “interruption”.

It came after Vaughan Gething, the Welsh health minister, was caught swearing about a colleague when he accidentally left his microphone unmuted during a cabinet meeting last month.

Mr Gething was heard saying “what the f*** is the matter with her?” in reference to Jenny Rathbone, a Cardiff Central assembly member, in a Zoom video conference.

The Labour Co-operative MP later said he was “obviously embarrassed” and had apologised to Ms Rathbone over his comments.