Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Nigel Mills has recently issued his public apology after getting caught playing the mobile game Candy Crush Saga in his tablet while at a Commons committee hearing.

The photos were released by the Sun Newspaper and it was evident that Mills was busy with another thing other than the session on pensions during a "Work and Pensions Committee". Mills admitted that he was playing and told the newspaper that he will try not to play the game again but later apologized for his behavior.

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The paper said that Mills played the game for two and a half hours, the moment when the committee's evidence session on pension reforms was being discussed. It was an important committee as they took evidence from representatives of the pensions and insurance industries.

However, he told the paper that he might have had a game or two and pointed out that despite playing the game, he was fully engaged on what was happening.

This is the whole statement of Mills released on Monday: "I apologize unreservedly for my behavior at the committee meeting and realize it fell short of what is expected of a member of parliament. I guarantee it will not happen again."

According to the House of Commons, the authorities are now investigating the photos released by the Sun as what Mills did was a breach of the rules of the parliamentary. According to a spokesman, the person who took the photos will be banned from the House of Parliament if proven guilty.

According to Conservative MP Sir Edward Leigh, he was quite bored back then when he also chaired a Common committee leading so he understands the probable boredom of Mills. He adds, "I would say get a life. I survived nine years as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and I just about managed not to go to sleep and not to play computer games but my god, it was boring! So if Nigel has to keep himself awake by playing computer games, good on him."

However, not everyone empathizes with Mills as another noted that the issue is not about who took the photos but why Mills was playing the game in the first place. 

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