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Parliament hears the names of more than 120 women killed in Britain over the past year
Labour MPs Jess Phillips, Abena Oppong-Asare and Apsana Begum mark International Women’s Day in the Commons
People take part in a Million Women Rise march outside Charing Cross Police Station in central London, ahead of International Women's Day

LABOUR MP Jess Phillips read out the names of more than 120 women killed in Britain over the past year during today’s Commons debate to mark International Women’s Day.

“The list is painfully long but in reality the list is much longer,” the MP for Birmingham Yardley said. 

“We can make it shorter, let’s act faster.”

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