A 23-year-old has been charged with criminal damage and trespassing after a man was seen wandering on the roof of the Houses of Parliament last night . Braydon Liam Anderson is accused of spending eight hours on top of the historic landmark on Saturday night with police , fire engines and specialist negotiators scrambled to the scene . It is not clear where he was part of a climate change protest staged earlier in the day which saw several others arrested . Scotland Yard confirmed on Sunday that Anderson , from Northampton , had been charged with criminal damage and trespassing . He will appear in Magistrates ' Court on Monday . Scroll down for video . Braydon Liam Anderson , 23 , has been charged with criminal damage and trespassing after a man was seen wandering on the roof of the Houses of Parliament last night . Police and fire fighters descended on the Palace of Westminster at about 9.15pm on Saturday after the alarm was raised . Anderson was charged on Sunday after tourists reported seeing a man walking up and down the roof for hours . On Sunday afternoon it was still unclear how the man gained access . It came after around 5,000 protesters gathered for a climate change demonstration outside Parliament on Saturday afternoon . It is still not clear whether the man was staging a protest or not . Anderson will appear at Westminster Magistrates ' Court tomorrow . The man was seen calmly walking around on the roof of the building before being arrested by police . It remains unclear how he got there . Specialist negotiators were dispatched to the scene last night - but police said there was no suspicion of a suicide attempt . Eyewitnesses described seeing emergency services on the roof of the Palace of Westminster on Saturday night after police were called . Tourists stopped to look up at the man as he wandered around the landmark 's roof . On Sunday he remained in police custody . Specialist negotiators were called to the scene to communicate with the man who was later arrested unharmed . He is not believed to have given a reason for why he scaled the building or how he got there . Tourists stopped to observe the unfolding situation last night , with many pondering how he was able to gain access to the building . One witness told the Daily Telegraph : 'He 's just walking up and down , looking a bit vacant . ' 'Tourists are stopping to look . He does n't have any flags or banners . ' Two fire engines from Soho and one fire and rescue unit from Chelsea attended the incident , according to London Fire Service . A Scotland Yard spokeswoman confirmed Metropolitan Police officers and the London Fire Brigade were on the scene to deal with the incident . Security alert : The man appeared calm but described as 'vacant ' by onlooking tourists who questioned how he got up onto the roof . Flashback : In 2009 , more than 20 Greenpeace activists managed to climb on to the roof of the Palace of Westminster to stage a protest . On Saturday a spokesman for the House of Commons said : 'The incident is currently being investigated by police . We will wait and see the outcome of that before we proceed . ' The roof has been the scene of stunts by campaign groups in the past , including by protesters demonstrating against plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport in 2008 . A year later more than 20 Greenpeace activists climbed on to the roof of the Palace of Westminster in a protest over climate change . It was reported at the time that protesters managed to slide ladders through the railings surrounding the building and then use them to climb on to one of the lower roofs . The demonstrators also scaled the ramparts and a turret on top of Westminster Hall , unfurling yellow banners which read : 'Change the politics , save the climate . ' Fathers 4 Justice campaigner Guy Harrison , 38 , spent five hours on top of Westminster Hall in 2005 with a banner which read : 'Does Blair care ? ' New Fathers 4 Justice said it did not know the name of the Westminster protester but confirmed that a protest was being planned for Westminster . Members of the campaign group visited the site last week and a spokesman said : 'With many MP 's away pre election campaigning security around Parliament appeared noticeably much more relaxed than unusual last week . ' Their plan involved a 'sympathetic insider who works as a researcher for a Lib Dem MP ' but they refused to hand over any money . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article .
Braydon Liam Anderson has been charged after a man was spotted on the roof of the Houses of Parliament . The 23-year-old was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and trespassing and was charged on Sunday . It is not clear whether he was part of a climate change protest staged earlier in the day which involved thousands . Anderson will appear at Magistrates ' Court in central London on Monday .