and helen cattjoins me now. when it comes to the treatment of women and the way women are made to feel in the workplace, we talk about it and it is a massive issue for society. when it reaches the heart of politics in westminster, it is a massive problem for politics. they will be people talking about political sleaze yet again, and this is damaging. this political sleaze yet again, and this is damaging- is damaging. this is damaging for westminster, is damaging. this is damaging for westminster, whenever - is damaging. this is damaging for westminster, whenever you - is damaging. this is damaging for westminster, whenever you get l is damaging. this is damaging for i westminster, whenever you get talk of these stories in this behaviour by mps, it damages public trust in politics, and that is the real risk of this and why these stories are important. we have seen parliament try to fix this in the past, it has set up an independent whistle blowing scheme which people do use, but ther
helen catt, bbc news. helen has been telling us how damaging this story has been to westminster as a whole. mac whenever you get these sort of stories about behaviour of this type by mps, it is another way of damaging public trust in politics. and that is the real risk with this and why these stories are important. we ve seen parliament try to fix this in the past. it has set up an independent whistle blowing scheme, thatis independent whistle blowing scheme, that is in place and people do use it, but there are questions about how long those investigations take and therefore how infective it is at having an impact on the culture in parliament. what the speaker is suggesting here, that is a way of addressing some of the imbalances between mps and their staff, and the potential for imbalances there, but when it comes to accusations between mps, it wouldn t help. there is set to be revisions to the code of conduct for mps, and we expect to hear the outcome of that in the next