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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aletha Adu Political correspondent

Harriet Harman urges party leaders to address MPs’ safety

Harriet Harman
Harriet Harman is the chair of the Commons standards committee, which oversees MPs’ conduct. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

Harriet Harman has called on Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak to agree on ensuring that the general election campaign is not marred by threats of physical violence to MPs.

The chair of the Commons standards committee, which oversees MPs’ conduct, has reiterated her call for a speaker’s conference committee to finally convene and address MPs’ safety or risk “colluding with the notion that MPs deserve to be denigrated or abused”.

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