MP Jess Phillips speaks out for rape victims at the hands of parliament members. The Labour MP read out a statement from one of the victims denouncing the government's inaction to the issue.
Labour 's former safeguarding spokesman wrote to Rishi Sunak yesterday to question why a Tory minister accused of groping a woman in Parliament was still in his job.
The minister – who the Mail has chosen not to name – is accused of inappropriately touching the woman who is half his age in December last year. Jess Phillips asked the PM, Chief Whip Simon Hart and Tory Chairman Richard Holden why he remained on the Government payroll Read More Jess Phillips lashes out as Commons votes to bar politicians arrested for violent and sexual crimes from setting foot in Parliament In her letter, Ms Phillips wrote that she had spoken to the alleged victim and had supported the woman in considering police action.The ICGS was set up in the wake of the 2017 'Pestminster' scandal after a series of complaints were made about MPs' conduct.
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