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Jordan Reynolds

Music festivals safe for women, but ‘always an element of risk’, says minister

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Music festivals are safe for women but there will “always be an element of risk”, the media minister has said.

Sir John Whittingdale was asked by Caroline Nokes, Conservative chairwoman of the Women and Equalities Committee, during a meeting about misogyny in music, if he thinks women are safe at festivals.

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