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UK Parliament
Independent Expert Panel recommends six week suspension for Mr Rob Roberts MP for breach of Parliament’s Sexual Misconduct Policy
Independent Expert Panel recommends six week suspension for Mr Rob Roberts MP for breach of Parliament’s Sexual Misconduct Policy
25 May 2021 2021
The Independent Expert Panel (IEP) has today published their report which finds Mr Rob Roberts, MP for Delyn, breached Parliament’s Sexual Misconduct Policy.
The Reporter made a complaint under the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme of the House of Commons.
The Reporter alleged that there had been breaches of Parliament’s Sexual Misconduct Policy, namely that during the brief period he worked for Mr Rob Roberts MP, Mr Roberts made repeated and unwanted sexual advances towards the reporter, using his position as his employer to place him under pressure to accede. Mr Rob Roberts MP also made inappropriate comments of a sexual nature and was ove
UK Parliament
The Independent Expert Panel (IEP) finds Mike Hill breached Parliament’s Sexual Misconduct Policy
20 May 2021 2021
The Independent Expert Panel (IEP) has today published their report which finds Mr Mike Hill, former member for Hartlepool, breached Parliament’s Sexual Misconduct Policy.
On 16 March Mr Hill resigned from the House. The report is of decisions of the Panel on appeal and sanction made following a referral from the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.
The Reporter made a complaint under the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme of the House of Commons. The Reporter alleged breaches of Parliament’s Sexual Misconduct Policy, namely that Mr Hill subjected her to behaviour amounting to sexual misconduct in shared private accommodation and in his parliamentary office, and that the Responder victimised and discriminated against her in the workplace because she had made the allegations.
Cases of image-based abuse are increasing year on year, and early data suggests numbers have been boosted by the intrinsically digital nature of life in lockdown. A report by the University of Leicester recorded a third of women had been cyber flashed. “Our ongoing research explores how extended periods of lockdown have worsened online forms of gendered harms,” the authors said. A UN Women report came to the same conclusion: “These incidents are likely to be rising as women and girls spend more time online during the pandemic.” A survey by Glitch, a safer internet charity, found 17 per cent of women or non-binary people had been sent unsolicited pornography in June or July 2020.