MP for Reigate makes statement after Surrey police said man in his 60s was arrested and later released on bail.
The former minister said he would co-operate fully with the police investigation and was "confident it will end without charge".
The Reigate MP confirms that he was arrested but says he is confident there will be no charge.
Crispin Blunt has confirmed he is the Conservative MP arrested in connection with an allegation of rape and possession of a controlled substance.
The former justice minister has been released on police bail and will not sit as a Tory MP until probe concludes.
Blunt was initially unnamed and identified as a man in his 60s, but the Reigate representative later made it known that he was the MP who had been arrested, ...