AN MP grilled the chief executive of Oxfam during a Parliamentary meeting.

The Conservative Party's international development committee held a public meeting on Tuesday and questioned Oxfam chiefs about accusations on sexual exploitation in the aid sector.

Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans, who is a member of the international development committee, was one of 12 MPs to quiz three Oxfam representatives, including Oxfam chief executive Mark Goldring and chair of trustees Caroline Thomson.

The Conservative MP, who has described Mr Goldring in reports as 'part of the charity's problem' asked the Oxfam chief executive how many subscriptions have been cancelled to Oxfam since the accusations were first made public earlier this month.

Mr Goldring said: "7,000 individuals have cancelled giving donations to Oxfam in the last 10 days."

Mr Evans described the cancellations as a 'massive' impact on the national charity and questioned if any corporate sponsors had severed ties to the charity.

Mr Goldring said: "Corporate sponsors are reserving judgement and will look at what we have done and our process, what our policies and procedures are and how their particular relationship may been compromised and indeed what we are setting in place for the future."