MPs listened in silence as Michelle Thomson recalled being raped as a teenager.

The independent MP told the House of Commons: "I was crying, I was cold, and I was shivering and I now realise that was the shock response. I did not tell my mother, I did not tell my father. I did not tell my friends, and I did not tell the police."

The Speaker said her speech, in a debate about eliminating violence against women, had "left an indelible impression on us all."