I think that now if anybody would do that I would be absolutely robust. “And I think a lot of women have been through that.”īryant said he could think of four MPs but he did not name them, adding: “I was shocked at the time…none of them are out of course. “I never felt I was able to report it because you end up being part of the story, and that’s the last thing you want. Mr Bryant told LBC Radio that after his election he was targeted by “older, senior” men but felt he could not report it because he did not want to “end up being part of the story”.īryant, The Commons Standards Committee chair, told LBC Radio: “I remember when I came in, in 2001, I was regularly touched up by older, senior gay – well, they weren’t out but – MPs.
Rhondda MP Chris Bryant says he was “regularly touched up” by older colleagues in parliament when he was first elected.īryant was selected as the candidate for the safe Labour in 2000 and took his place in the House of Commons the following year.
