UK MPs could undergo criminal record checks to stop violence against women
Exclusive: Members may be vetted before getting security passes for parliament, and receive anti-harassment training MPs and others working in parliament could be required to take a criminal record check before being given a security pass, and receive anti-harassment training under a pioneering scheme to root out violence against women. The UK parliament will on Tuesday become the first legislature in the world to receive what is known as White Ribbon accreditation, a commitment to culture chang
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Exclusive: Members may be vetted before getting security passes for parliament, and receive anti-harassment training
MPs and others working in parliament could be required to take a criminal record check before being given a security pass, and receive anti-harassment training under a pioneering scheme to root out violence against women.
The UK parliament will on Tuesday become the first legislature in the world to receive what is known as White Ribbon accreditation, a commitment to culture change which originated in Canada.
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- Length
- 83 words · 1 min read
- Published
- November 3, 2026
- Byline
- Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
- Source
- The Guardian