Former Cabinet minister Stephen Crabb has apologised for sexting a 19-year-old woman after he interviewed her for a job.

The Tory MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire, 44, admitted sending "explicit" messages to the teenager in 2013 when he was a Welsh minister.

The married MP told a newspaper he had been "foolish" but that there had been no sexual contact.

"We exchanged messages which talked about sex but none of it was meant seriously," he said.

"We met for coffee a few times and had a glass of wine once at the Commons, but nothing more.

"I accept any kind of sexual chatter like this is totally wrong and I am sorry for my actions."

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Mr Crabb resigned last year as a cabinet minister following reports of a similar incident.

The reports come amid speculation at Westminster that at least four MPs have been caught up in various allegations of sexual misconduct.

Downing Street said such behaviour was "completely unacceptable" and urged women affected to report it to the police.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warned of a "warped and degrading culture" where the abuse of women had gone unchallenged for too long.

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Environment Secretary Michael Gove was forced to apologise on Saturday after a "clumsy" attempt at a joke in which he likened being interviewed by BBC presenter John Humphrys to "going into Harvey Weinstein 's bedroom".

International Trade Minister Mark Garnier has also admitted asking his secretary to buy sex toys for him and calling her "sugar t*ts".

The Mail On Sunday said married Tory MP Garnier described the incidents as "good-humoured high jinks" and "amusing conversation".

He strongly denied that they constituted sexual harassment.

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Mr Garnier's former secretary Caroline Edmondson told The Mail on Sunday he had given her the money to buy two vibrators at a Soho sex shop - one for his wife and one for a woman in his constituency office.

Ms Edmondson, who has since left to work for another MP, was quoted as saying that on another occasion in a bar, in front of witnesses, he told her: "You are going nowhere, sugar tits."

The Mail reported that Mr Garnier had admitted the claims, saying: "I'm not going to deny it, because I'm not going to be dishonest. I'm going to have to take it on the chin."

According to the paper, he said the "sugar t*ts" comment was part of an "amusing conversation" about the TV comedy Gavin and Stacey, while the sex toys were bought after a Christmas lunch.

"We bought some soap sets, that sort of stuff, scented candles. The vibrator shop was high jinks," he is quoted as saying.

"I hung around outside and she went into this shop. That was it."

The Mail said Mr Garnier had conceded that, in the current climate, his actions could look like "dinosaur behaviour", but insisted: "It absolutely does not constitute harassment."