Caroline Nokes, chair of the women and equalities select committee, has said Parliament should not use the criminal bar of what constitutes sexual assault if it is to tackle inappropriate behaviour 🔴 benjaminbutter reports
A senior MP has said Parliament should not use the criminal bar of what constitutes sexual assault if it is to tackle inappropriate behaviour.that there is a culture of “victim shaming and blaming” in Westminster that is leaving MPs and other staff free to continue
The Conservative MP said that while the situation had improved in recent years: “I still observe colleagues acting inappropriately on occasion.”Chris Pincher was recommended for an eight week suspensionMs Nokes said: “One of the challenges we have is that there is a real high bar of what people in parliament will put up with.
“The stark reality for me is that I’ve never gone to the ICGS [independent complaints body] because, do I think making a lewd comment and somebody inappropriately patting my backside is worth going to them for? No, no I don’t. And that’s a terrible situation if they do have a complaint. “We have to stop looking at the criminal bar of sexual assault as being the threshold of what behaviour would be acceptable. That’s clearly way too high a bar and I worry we’re all becoming inured to behaviour that wouldn’t be tolerated in other workplaces.
“I think parliament should hold itself to a higher standards than another workplace and I don’t think it’s even approaching that. Do I think parliament holds itself to a lower standard? Yes, yes I do.”
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