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Son of MP who is patron of brain injury charity forced to apologise



The son of an MP has been forced to apologise after describing Katie Price's disabled son as a 'vegetable'.

Ian Lavery Jnr, 24, cracked a sick joke on Twitter about ten-year-old Harvey and made a crude reference to his mother.

His father, Ian Lavery, who is patron of the brain injury charity Headway, said he was 'appalled' by his son's behaviour, but last night said he had 'no intention of policing' his children.

Last night, Price, 34, blasted the pair and claimed the joke should be treated as a hate crime like racism.

The model told The Sun: 'This makes me sick to my stomach. Not just that someone could be so vile as to say such a thing, but also could think it clever to repeat to the world on Twitter.

'What kind of father, what kind of MP, is Ian Lavery?

'These disgusting comments aimed at Harvey all too often get aimed at other disabled children and the poor souls his father's charity rightly campaigns for.'

Harvey was born with septo-optic dysplasia, which causes blindness and growth hormone deficiency and also suffers from Prader-Willi syndrome, which can lead to obesity and diabetes.

Ian Lavery Jnr, from Newcastle, reacted angrily with a string of expletives when he was first challenged on Twitter about his comments.


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But today he told MailOnline: 'I unreservedly apologise for any offence that I have caused Katie Price and her family.


'I am ashamed that my actions have caused such distress, to my father, especially given how strongly he campaigns for disabled rights.'






'Makes me sick to my stomach': Katie Price (pictured with her son Harvey) attacked the father and son and said the comments shouold be treated as a hate crime





Furious: The model and TV star vents her anger on Twitter and calls for an end to prejudice

Mr Lavery, an MP for Wansbeck, initially said he had no intention of policing his children, adding: 'They have to learn how to behave in the big wide world like I did.'

However, he told MailOnline today that he'd had a 'full and frank conversation with him and he is in no doubt about my views.'

He added: 'Since long before my election to parliament, I have been a constant and committed advocate on behalf of disabled and vulnerable groups in Wansbeck and across the North East.

'Consequently, I was shocked, appalled and hugely disappointed when a post from my eldest son on twitter was brought to my attention.



Public figures: Harvey (centre) and his parents Katie Price and Peter Andre meet the Queen as she opens a children's centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London in 2007

'He is an adult and has to behave and act responsibly. I have had a full and frank conversation with him and he is in no doubt about my views.


'My son is full of remorse for his insensitive and thoughtless comments.'

Harvey has found himself under attack before.

Comedian Frankie Boyle was cautioned by Ofcom in 2010 after he made a vile sexual slur about him on a Channel 4 show.

In November 2007, Heat magazine gave away a sticker bearing a picture of Harvey next to the words 'Harvey wants to eat me'.

The then editor Mark Frith apologised and said 'no offence was intended.'

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