People call me the sex MP but we need to be educating

People call me the sex MP but we need to be educatingImage caption, MP Samantha Niblett has launched officially launched her campaign, calling for lifelong sex educationByGeorgia Roberts, Derby political reporter  and Asha Patel, East MidlandsPublishedJust nowWhen Samantha Niblett launched the Yes Sex Please, We're British! campaign earlier this year, it did not take long for the jokes and criticism to start flying - and for her to be given a new nickname."Now in times gone by, being referred to as a 'sex MP' would've been something quite sleazy and seedy. But thankfully, and hopefully, I'm helping to change that," the Labour MP for South Derbyshire says.The campaign was begun to push education around consent, respect and healthy relationships, with the aim of preventing abuse and violence.The MP wants to remove the stigma around sex, and says the backlash and ridicule she has received in response to her campaign - including from sections of her own party - is "half the reason" for running it.A launch event for the campaign, dubbed "summer of sex", was held in London this week and later in autumn, Niblett will display a number of sex toys and sex education aids in Parliament. Image source, SuppliedImage caption, Niblett (right), launched her campaign alongside sex educator Cindy Gallop (middle) and Lucy Litwick, the CEO of Coco De Mer in LondonThe Crime Survey for England and Wales found, for the year ending March 2025, that about 15.9% of people aged 16 or over (7.7 million people) had experienced sexual assault since the age of 16.Of those, 1.9 million were victims of rape, and 1.8 million of rape victims were females, according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics.Campaigners have long been calling to improve sex education in England. In 2017, the Local Government Association (LGA) said the lack of sex and relationships education in some of the country's secondary schools was creati...