Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has warned that Matt Hancock will "have to answer to his constituents" following his decision to take part in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
The former health secretary is currently in Australia preparing to take part in the ITV show, a move which led to him having the Conservative Party whip removed last week.
Hancock, who says that he is entering the jungle to raise awareness of dyslexia, remains an MP for the West Suffolk constituency but - barring any major events - he will be cut off from local affairs during his time in camp.
"It's what his constituents think, because they're the people that matter," Hoyle told Sky News.
"We're elected to represent those people and they will have the answer. He will come back and he will have to answer to his constituents."
He added: "Would I do it, I think is a better question and the answer is I'm a member of Parliament, am I going to go rolling around a jungle eating kangaroos' testicles? Absolutely not."
Hancock will make his I'm A Celebrity debut later this week.
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