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…

I know you to be a good and honest man. But in my heart are my constituents, the victims I have had the honour of working with every day, including the Hillsborough victims and their families, and all those who demand better of us.

The time now is for bold, radical action.

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.

Perhaps the most revealing aspect of these disclosures is not simply who ministers were meeting but who they were not.