The Tories are demanding answers after a Labour minister claimed to be in the Middle East 'pushing for a peace deal' but was photographed at a jazz club in London. The minister, Hamish Falconer, attended a lunch event at Ronnie Scott's in Soho. This comes after another minister, Catherine West, made excuses for Falconer's absence from the House of Commons, stating that he was 'in the region pushing for a peace deal'. The Tories are calling for West to correct the parliamentary record.