The ex-Tory leader argued that ‘pointless’ short-term prison sentences are being imposed where non-custodial measures would be more effective.

The train from Waterloo to Southampton Central takes a little over an hour and a quarter, with an off-peak return costing around £53.

“Eighty per cent of the country lives about 20 minutes’ walk from a pharmacy, and for many people they are an easier place to access than their surgery."

Written transcripts of Mr Trump’s evidence had also previously been made public, but not the recording itself.

The Edinburgh South West MP said: “I am prepared to take whatever legal action is necessary to vindicate my right to not be misrepresented and not to be discriminated against.”

Anti-monarchy campaigners arrested ahead of the King’s coronation are considering legal action against the Metropolitan Police.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had earlier backed the Met over the dozens of arrests of protesters amid concerns they were cracking down on the right to protest.

Sunak has backed the Met Police amid accusations that the arrests of protesters were a deliberate attempt to “disrupt and diminish”.

Republic chief executive Graham Smith dismissed suggestions that arrests were needed to limit disruption as ‘disgraceful’.