Not all of those targeted had met Wragg in the past, and several on the Labour side raised questions about whether he would have had their number, POLITICO’s London Playbook reported.
But speaking to Times Radio, Davies said: “It’s obviously extremely troubling and very serious. Will has recognized the seriousness and apologized. People do make mistakes, of course they do.” Wragg will retain the Conservative whip after apologizing.
Wragg, chair of the Commons public administration and constitutional affairs committee, stunned Westminster on Thursday evening when he told the Times that the person in question “wouldn’t leave me alone.”
He said: “They would ask for people. I gave them some numbers, not all of them. I told him to stop. He’s manipulated me and now I’ve hurt other people.”
Davies said he had not personally been contacted in a similar way — but urged anyone who felt they’d been a victim of blackmail to go to the police.
‘Scared’
To date 13 men are known to have received messages from the numbers, with at least five reporting them to the Parliamentary Security Department. The true number targeted may never be known. Some senior Tories have suggested a foreign state could be behind the attack.
