you see kate emms was the speaker's private assistant when he had his official portraits done.d to be in it with him. she posed for the artist. however this painting wasn't revealed until six months after she took her nextjob, and it was revealed that her successor had been painted in, in her place, another woman clerk moved. men suffer in the system as well but women clerks are particularly vulnerable. lots to us that the house does not have its house in order. that is what so many of them cast the ultimate vote of no—confidence in their own management and simply simply choose to leave. that story from lucinda day and chris cook. details of organisations offering information and support with bullying, sexual harassment or abuse, are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free at any time to hear recorded information on 0800 077 077. joining us now, deputy leader of the liberal democrats, jo swinson, who sits on the cross party working group on an independent complaints and grievance policy. jo, nice of you to come in. let me ask you, did any of those stories re

katty: his former private secretary, kate emms, told bbc newsnight she had suffered bullying while workingg from post—traumatic stress disorder. mr bercow has refuted the accusation. and more have come forward, with further allegations about other mps. he sort of manoeuvred me out into the corridor and... ..put his arms around me and... ..kissed me on the lips and... i couldn't do anything about it. i couldn't force him off. i'd made a chocolate cake and i was kneeling, putting, you know, the rest of the icing on the cake and the mp in question, he came in and laughed and came and stood right over me, i remember it being very overbearingly close and him saying, "right where you belong, on your knees with "a face full of chocolate." so following those allegations by newsnight, the independent inquiry into the allegations of bullying against staff in the houses of parliament is set to go ahead. the leader of parliament andrea leadsom said the issue should be investigated. i will propose that the inquiry should hear from past and current staff members about their experiences and help to provi