Alex Davies-Jones: “Perhaps the most revealing aspect of these disclosures is not simply who ministers were meeting but who they were not.”

For all the headlines that have been generated by this story, the people whose lives were devastated by Jeffrey Epstein's abuse have too often been reduced to a footnote and that should concern every single one of us.

Criticism is healthy and where there is genuine evidence of wrongdoing, of course it should be looked into, as it would be for any country. I just ask that we hold the same standard here that we would anywhere else, rather than treating…

It is long overdue, but when it does finally reach royal assent it will totally change how victims and the public are treated.

The time now is for bold, radical action.