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“The government has been investing already in violence against women and girls. It's been a key priority for us,” Climate Transition Minister Katie White says when asked about David Walliams after ITV News and The Guardian published allegations that he groomed young fans and harassed women over several years. Report by Gluszczykm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00It was horrendous watching that documentary last night.
00:03It was deeply uncomfortable listening to those women and the allegations they put forward.
00:11Personally, I actually felt quite sick in terms of what they had been through and obviously that trauma they had
00:17held throughout their life.
00:19And as you say that the allegations of the abuse of power, but also we've seen with Russell Brand,
00:24and, you know, men in positions of authority using that to exploit more vulnerable women or, you know, across the
00:34board.
00:34And that's happening in the culture, but it's also, you know, across society.
00:39And I think we really need to look at ourselves across the board, but also, as you say,
00:46the media industry and the culture sector is calling in today those media bosses to look at what we can
00:52do.
00:53Now, look, the government has been investing already in violence against women and girls.
00:58It's been a key priority for us, whether that's investing in police forces, having specialist rape help,
01:05whether it's around taking out those non-disclosure agreements.
01:09So in our Employment Rights Act, we're going to take away the ability to silence victims.
01:15I think it's really important.

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