UK MPs could undergo criminal record checks to stop violence against women

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Exclusive: Members may be vetted before getting security passes for parliament, and receive anti-harassment training MPs and others working in parliament could be required to take a criminal record check before being given a security pass, and receive anti-harassment training under a pioneering scheme to root out violence against women. The UK parliament will on Tuesday become the first legislatur
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