Ministers have faced continued calls to reveal whether they believe MP Lee Anderson’s claims the Mayor of London is controlled by Islamists were Islamophobic.

SNP MP Peter Grant said: “An extreme right wing Conservative MP was allowed to go on an extreme right wing Conservative-funding TV station and make a series of vile, Islamophobic remarks.”

Communities minister Felicity Buchan reassured members of the House the comments made by Mr Anderson, according to the Government, were not appropriate and that any form of religious hatred is not acceptable in our society.

Ms Buchan assured MPs the Government planned to “appoint a new independent adviser on anti-Muslim hatred”, but SNP frontbencher Anum Qaisar continued to press the minister on Mr Anderson’s comments.

She asked: “Can the minister clarify what is the line between being wrong and being Islamophobic?”