Bouncy castles and inflatables should be banned in the wake of a slide collapse that injured eight children, a senior MP has said.

Robert Halfon, a former minister and Conservative MP for Harlow, has called on the government to issue a temporary ban until regulations can be updated.

His intervention comes after eight children fell from an inflatable slide at a fireworks display in Woking Park in Surrey on Saturday evening.

Seven have since been discharged from hospital but one remained on Sunday for observation. However, police said the child’s injures were “not believed to be significant”.

Mr Halfon's intervention comes after a series of tragedies involving inflatable rides, raising questions over their safety.

Earlier this year a three-year-old girl died after being thrown from an inflatable trampoline in Norfolk, and in 2016 a seven-year-old girl died after a bouncy castle broke free in high winds in Harlow.

Mr Halfon told BBC 5Live: “I reiterate my urge to the government that they should have a temporary ban on inflatables and bouncy castles in public places until all the regulations we know have been updated.