Who insulted the Labour leader in the House of Commons? BuzzFeed News has obtained the disputed footage in question.
However, leaked footage obtained by BuzzFeed News appears to show that similar words were indeed said in the chamber during Prime Minister's Questions. Only MPs are allowed on to the floor of the House of Commons.
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The clip was shot for Inside the Commons, a BBC documentary on the inner workings of parliament with unprecedented access.
The footage in question was due to be included in Monday night's episode and journalists had been alerted to the existence of the insult in advance by press officers working for the programme.
However, the section was edited out at the last minute after a Daily Mail journalist told Conservative MP Soubry that the newspaper intended to identify her as the likely source of the insult. She is understood to have complained to the BBC, and the organisation made the decision to remove this section from broadcast at the last minute.
In the original clip, director Michael Cockerell intones: "Official television coverage, even though it is heavily restricted, has fuelled public antagonism to MPs. But our cameras have witnessed the unsanitised version in which MPs sometimes use the most offensive language."
The camera then shows Soubry, who has ministerial responsibility for the welfare of soldiers, shouting at the same time as what sounds like "sanctimonious cunt" is heard on the audio track.
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