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Labour MP wants Indian-style women-only carriages on UK trains

Indian has women-only train carriages.

By: Sarwar Alam

The concept of Indian-style women- only carriages on UK trains should be adopted to combat sexual offences against women which have nearly doubled recently, a Labour MP has said. Chris Williamson, MP for Derby North, believes it is “worth consulting” on the policy after such crimes nearly doubled in the past five years. The concept, which is in force on trains in India, Japan, Brazil and Mexico, had been first raised for the UK to emulate by Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn in 2015 but had been shot down as a move that would promote “segregation”. “It [women-only carriages] would…

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