and, like ellie varley was highlighting.e a career in politics, who see this, the honour of working in westminster, as a real opportunity and that leaves them in a position where they are too scared to speak out, afraid they will be seen as a troublemaker, they won't be allowed to pursue a career they have dreamt of whilst unfortunately often it“s men in positions of power and influence, those who have networks, those who are very well connected, will get away with it. and my message to the whips is, that, come up with a code of conduct, away from individual examples, do it in the cold light of day without the heat of a particular day without the heat of a particular day so it can be done without fear or favour, day so it can be done without fear orfavour, so day so it can be done without fear or favour, so we're day so it can be done without fear orfavour, so we're not looking day so it can be done without fear or favour, so we're not looking at, oh, we quite like them so we're not going to come down on them like a tonne of

25—year—old ellie varley said the male mp — who has since been suspended after separate allegations —scribed as a "predatory culture" in the house of commons. ?she is one of six staffers who has spoken to bbc newsnight about inappropriate behaviour in westminster. ?newsnight�*s uk editor sima kotecha has been speaking to them. the house of commons is the heart of democracy, where laws are made and publicly elected officials represent constituents and should therefore uphold the highest standards of behaviour. but now more allegations of sexual misconduct have called into question the morals and ethics of some of them. this is a problem that transcends party politics. it transcends your position of power. it transcends your gender. this is something that everyone will have a story of. every staff will know someone who has experienced this. ellie is one of six people we have spoken to, who work or have worked in the commons until recently. they all say the culture has changed since the me too movement, and there is a predatory current culture, where some people believe they can behave i

ellie varley, who's 25, says she's very angry about what she calls a predatory culture in the house ofthe bbc about inappropriate behaviour at westminster. newsnight s uk editor, sima kotecha, has that story. the house of commons is the heart of democracy. it should, therefore, uphold the highest standards of behaviour. but now there are more allegations of sexual misconduct. this is a problem that transcends party politics. it transcends your position of power. it transcends your gender. ellie is one of six people we've spoken to who work or have worked in the commons until recently. all of them say little has changed since the #metoo movement. they say there's a predatory culture where some people in power think they can behave inappropriately. it can range from a hand on a hip. i've had it where people havejust texted me incessantly. if i don't reply after you've messaged six times, it might be clear that i'm not interested in seeing you. ellie says she was asked to sit on an mp�*s lap and felt she had no choice but to do so to get him off her case. he just kept saying, "oh, just co

among them is 25—year—old ellie varley, who has described how she was asked to sit on the lap of a malespended after separate allegations. she says she's angry about what she calls a "predatory culture" in the house of commons. newsnight�*s uk editor sima kotecha has this report. the house of commons is the heart of democracy. it's where laws are made and publicly elected officials represent their constituents, and should therefore uphold the highest standards of behaviour. but now more allegations of sexual misconduct have called into question the morals and ethics of some of them. this is a problem that transcends party politics. it transcends your position of power. it transcends your gender. this is something that everyone will have a story of. every staffer will know someone who has experienced this. ellie is one of six people we've spoken to who work or have worked in the commons until recently. all of them say little has changed since the metoo movement. they say there's a predatory culture, where some people in power think they can behave inappropriately. i wouldn't recommend it

one of the six, ellie varley, who works as a parliamentary aide to the tory mp dehenna davison, describednt predatory behaviour which, she said, transcends party politics. here's sima. the house of commons is the heart of democracy. it's where laws are made and publicly elected officials represent their constituents and should therefore uphold the highest standards of behaviour. but now more allegations of inappropriate behaviour have called into question the morals and ethics of some of them. we've heard from half a dozen people at the heart of the commons, working alongside some of the most important figures in politics. their alarming allegations of sexual misconduct span over the last two years. this is a problem that transcends party politics. it transcends your position of power. it transcends your gender. this is something that everyone will have a story of. every staffer will know someone who has experienced this. and that's thousands of people, thousands of people are employed in the palace, and everyone will have some sort of story about something that's happened. it's a weird p

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