A caller MP who gave commencement astatine conscionable 15 years aged has revealed she was 'groomed' by an older man.
Labour MP Natalie Fleet, who present represents Bolsover aft being elected successful this year's wide election, told GB News that she suffered from 'statutory rape' arsenic she was a child.
The 40-year-old MP said: 'That was an older man. That was potentially, I mean present we person labels similar grooming that we didn't person then.
'I didn't cognize we were having unprotected sex. I was a kid and this is statutory rape. You know, astatine the clip this isn't thing that we were talking about. It's not however I saw myself.'
Fleet, who took implicit the spot Labour fable Dennis Skinner presided implicit for decades until 2019, admitted her household had been 'struggling' erstwhile she was increasing up, astatine 1 signifier uncovering themselves stateless earlier she gave commencement to her girl 'at a precise young age'.
Labour MP Natalie Fleet (pictured) present represents Bolsover aft being elected successful this year's wide election
Fleet has not yet revealed who her daughter's begetter is
When she came to archer her girl astir what happened, Ms Fleet said she had been shocked that she was incapable to find immoderate proposal for women successful her situation
She said: 'At the time, erstwhile I was 15, I felt afloat of shame and guilt and responsibility.
'And each I was determined to bash was marque definite that she had a beingness that was arsenic bully arsenic she would person had to immoderate property parent. That was what I was determined to do, I didn't deliberation astir maine oregon the impact.'
But, with her girl present 23 and 'the implicit emotion of my life', Ms Fleet said she could look backmost and deliberation 'that wasn't okay'.
She has inactive not named the begetter of her child.
When she came to archer her girl astir what happened, Ms Fleet said she had been shocked that she was incapable to find immoderate proposal for women successful her situation.
She said: 'There was nothing. There's nary acknowledgement that it happens successful the UK.
'And the much probe I've done, I've recovered that determination are implicit 3,000 conceptions each twelvemonth from rape, but there's nary foundation to enactment these women.'
She told GB News she suffered a 'statutory rape' arsenic she was a child.
Fleet brought her household on with her arsenic she was sworn successful arsenic an MP
Her girl is present 23 years old
Ms Fleet is present a parent of 4 and a Labour MP, elected earlier this period successful the Bolsover spot represented for decades by Dennis Skinner earlier being won by the Conservatives successful 2019.
In that position, she said she wanted to usage her level to speech much astir women successful her concern 'and bash thing astir it'.
She said: 'I truly privation to beryllium a dependable for each of those people, each of those women that person children successful acold from perfect circumstances.'
Adding that her puerility experiences inactive had a 'massive impact' connected her, including 'weekly nightmares', she said she was inactive 'so excited astir what the adjacent Labour Government is going to do'.
She said: 'We're going to marque definite that we're smashing down barriers to accidental truthful that determination tin beryllium much stories similar mine.
'I americium a merchandise of the past Labour government. It wasn't a cleanable government, but it changed my beingness and it was transformational.
'And that's the crushed that it's worthy doing a occupation wherever you can't spell to the store successful your pyjamas anymore, but wherever you inactive person a panic alarm successful your bag, your ain children are perchance astatine risk, that's truly awful.
'But erstwhile it means that you tin marque different children's lives, who aren't arsenic fortunate, better, that's incredible.'
GB News' interrogation with Ms Fleet is expected to beryllium broadcast betwixt 1pm and 3pm connected Sunday afternoon.
English (US) ·