One year on from the #MeToo movement, and the sea change that many of us hoped it would spark has not happened. Encouraging people to report is important, but all too often, when they do, nothing happens. Police and victim support services are underfunded, waiting lists for counselling and other support are unacceptably long. Organisations' procedures are inadequate and unable to deal with the particular characteristics of sexual harassment and assault. There is often no scope to consider historic complaints or patterns of behaviour. Victims are discouraged from sharing information, and anonymity or freedom from victimisation are not guaranteed. People don't have confidence in our systems and the majority of incidents therefore go unreported.

So, I'm putting out a call today for anyone interested in changing how we tackle sexual harassment and assault to get in touch with me to be part of a new network. E-mail me so that we can create a network to provide emotional, practical and legal support, share information and campaign for political change.

For many women, the #MeToo movement was the first time they felt able to openly talk about their experiences of sexual harassment and assault, and I fear that, as political leaders and as a society, we are letting them down. We cannot allow their voices to go unheard, and we cannot let the demand for justice to go unanswered.