‘I was pinned against wall by male MP,’ says Cabinet minister

[ad_1]

Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the International Trade Secretary, has revealed she was once “pinned up against a wall by a male MP” who declared “I must want him because he was a powerful man”.

Ms Trevelyan also said she had been the victim of “wandering hands”.

The Cabinet minister was asked on LBC Radio if she had ever witnessed misogyny in Parliament and she said: “I have witnessed and been at the sharp end of misogyny from some colleagues, many times over.

“I am very comfortable being a strong and forthright, plain speaking woman, called it out when it has come in my direction.”

Asked how that misogyny had presented itself, Ms Trevelyan said: “Well, we might describe it as wandering hands, if you like, we might describe it as, you know, a number of years ago being pinned up against a wall by a male MP who is now no longer in the House, I am pleased to say, declaring that I must want him because he was a powerful man.

“These sorts of things, the power abuses that a very small minority, thank goodness, of male colleagues show is completely unacceptable.”

.

[ad_2]