Hampson was PPS to Michael Heseltine, then Defence Secretary, when he was involved in a May 1984 incident in a gay theatre club in Soho where Hampson "accidentally brushed" the thigh of an undercover police officer.
As a personal aide to Michael Heseltine, the Defence Secretary, Hampson found himself involved in a May 1984 incident at a Soho gay theatre club, where he accidentally made contact with the thigh of an undercover police officer.