MP calls for NDA ban to come sooner than September after Russell Brand conviction

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Layla Moran has called for the government to ban non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) earlier than September after Russell Brand's conviction this week ...

A Liberal Democrat MP has voiced her concerns regarding non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), expressing her hope that they will be prohibited before September. This follows the conviction of disgraced comedian Russell Brand, who was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for one count of rape and three sexual assaults against four separate women.

On BBC Question Time last night, the opening topic of discussion centred on safeguarding women from men in positions of power. After comedian and podcaster Deborah Frances-White recounted her harrowing experience with a man at a showbiz Christmas party, the panel debated how women and girls can be better shielded from powerful men.

Fiona Bruce hosted an hour of debate from Exeter, featuring politicians, commentators and members of the public. The panel comprised: defence minister Luke Pollard representing the government; Conservative shadow AI minister Ben Spencer; Liberal Democrat Layla Moran; Matt Goodwin from Reform UK; and comedian and podcaster Deborah Frances-White.

Following Deborah Frances-White's account of her shocking encounter with a "high profile man" at a showbiz Christmas party, Lib Dem Layla Moran addressed the issue of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). Addressing the broader matter of safeguarding women from powerful men in the entertainment industry Moran said: "I would love to tell you that it is just this industry but we know full well it isn't."

She added: "At the moment it is still possible to have non-disclosure agreements that are silencing these victims, these are still possible to do. The government has agreed to ban them. It's not enforced yet but I hope that they will do it sooner than later - they say September, I think they can go earlier."

She concluded: "We cannot have people being paid off, women's silence, should not and cannot be bought."

Deborah Frances-White recounted her experience attending a major showbusiness Christmas party as a plus one.

"And he just kept walking.

She added: "I knew…

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