Alison Hume, the MP for Scarborough and Whitby, has requested Prime Minister Keir Starmer to assist ladies who say they’ve skilled sexual harassment or inappropriate behaviour and referred to as for perpetrators to be handled.

Talking within the Home of Commons on Wednesday, December 4, Ms Hume famous that “a big variety of Members on this place are, no matter class, ladies of a sure age”.

She referenced feedback made by MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace who prompt that allegations in opposition to him got here from “a handful of middle-class ladies of a sure age”.

Mr Wallace, who has since apologised for the feedback, stepped except for presenting MasterChef after a BBC Information investigation revealed allegations of inappropriate sexual feedback and inappropriate behaviour in opposition to him.

His legal professionals have strongly denied he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature.

Keir Starmer MP replied: “I definitely agree with that, and I feel all people throughout the Home would.

“She’s proper, as a result of, one of many biggest limitations that ladies face when coming ahead and reporting unacceptable behaviour within the office is having confidence that they are going to be taken severely. And that requires all of us to place in place mechanisms and preparations to make that potential.”

Ms Hume, the primary girl to symbolize Scarborough and Whitby in Parliament, additionally addressed the continuing Employment Rights Invoice laws throughout a debate on Tuesday, December 3.

She informed the Home of Commons that the invoice “will improve safety from sexual harassment, being a type of middle-class ladies of a sure age – the Authorities’s dedication to holding office offenders to account can’t come quickly sufficient”

She added: “Final week, we heard that there’s robust proof that almost all of sexual harassment within the office, significantly in retail and hospitality, comes from third events—a consumer, buyer or affected person […] It’s important that employers can take affordable steps to stop harassment by third events as a result of the web impact on the sufferer is similar whether or not that behaviour comes from a direct co-employee or a 3rd social gathering.”

Responding to the Scarborough and Whitby MP’s query at PMQs, Mr Starmer added: “Everyone needs to be handled with dignity and respect, and I’m pleased with the truth that the Employment Rights Invoice that we’re passing will strengthen protections from sexual harassment at work.”