John O'Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "It would be beyond parody for the Commons authorities to respond to this shocking alleged incident by building a bigger pub.
“Following a review of arrangements in Strangers’ Bar, the House of Commons Commission has endorsed a number of changes that aim to enhance existing safety measures and ensure the well-being of all customers who visit the bar.”.
But senior Commons sources would eventually like to build a new bar to avoid some of the problems with the current venue, The Independent can reveal.
“You can have all the CCTV and security in the world, but if people still don't have trust in our internal procedures to come forward - and if we still have a situation where misuse of House of Commons stationary is often dealt with more harshly than sexual harassment, then it's not really changing anything.”.
After a parliamentary researcher claimed her drink had been spiked in a House of Commons bar, questions were raised about whether the historic watering hole should be closed for good.
