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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot

INSANE: Minister complains to speaker about labour remarks on rape convictions | Vintage Vibes

Labour MP Ellie Reeves in the House of Commons.
Labour MP Ellie Reeves said in a response to Atkins that she would not correct the record. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA

A Home Office minister has privately written to the House of Commons Speaker to complain about the language used by a Labour frontbencher, suggesting she should be made to correct her remarks on rape convictions.

Victoria Atkins suggested in her letter to Sir Lindsay Hoyle that her Labour counterpart would deter victims by saying the government “let off rapists and let survivors down”.

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