A Liberal Democrat MP has joked about taking drugs as she joined demonstrators calling for the legalisation of cannabis at a “tea party” outside of Parliament.

Asked if she had smoked cannabis, Layla Moran MP said: “Yes, I went to university!” Adding: “I did inhale, yes I did.”

Labour’s Paul Flynn also joined the demonstration, but said he had not sampled one of the available cannabis cakes. He said: "I will have one if anyone is arrested."