
The Speaker of the House of Commons made an extraordinary intervention to prevent Labour minister Ellie Reeves having to face across a courtroom a trans woman who was harassing her, it has been revealed.
Ms Reeves, the MP for Lewisham West and East Dulwich and current Solicitor General, faced a “barrage” of threats, abuse, and baseless accusations of criminal conduct from one of her constituents, Tracey Smith.