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Prime Minister Andy Burnham says the media industry must "look at itself" to ensure it protects women and girls following recent misconduct cases, while pledging government action against sexual violence. Report by Johals. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00The Secretary has been very clear about that.
00:03Again, the media industry will need to look at itself
00:06and ensure whether it is taking all of the steps needed
00:10to protect the safety of women and girls who work within the industry
00:14or who are within the orbit of the industry.
00:19Because very serious issues indeed fall out of these cases.
00:24And as a government that is absolutely determined to do everything that we can
00:28to prevent violence, sexual violence against women and girls,
00:32we will take every possible step.
00:35And we will look at all of the issues that arise from this.
00:37But let's be clear, a lot of these issues are for the media industry
00:41and it's for the media industry to step forward and address them themselves first.

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