Martin Salter has raised the matter of forced marriages in Parliament during this week's Prime Minister's Questions. The Reading West MP asked Gordon Brown why universities are not putting up posters warning Student Union presidents about becoming the victims of forced marriages, or women only shortlists as they are more commonly known in Westminster.

He told Parliament: "Often these women are the most vulnerable members of the party, they are young, have little grasp of the language and are poorly briefed about the local area. They are sometimes made to live in cramped accomodation addresses and forced to say or do things that may go against their fundmental beliefs just to get elected."

Gordon Brown replied that he was concerned by the reports and that he would try and find her a safe seat elsewhere.