As peers discuss the grievance procedure raised earlier in the Commons, Lib Dem Baroness Hamwee says when stories of abuse of power emerged she felt "guilty" because she asked herself "why wasn't I providing support?"

She says: "It took a week to remember many years ago I was subject to a minor act of inappropriate behaviour in the House.

"I realised I hadn't put it out of my consciousness because it was trivial, but because I was so shocked I buried it. That's what our minds do.

"We need to recognise the way people act when they've been subject to something so shocking is not what we might expect."