WARRINGTON North MP Helen Jones has met with disabled victims of online abuse in Parliament - as part of a petition set up by Katie Price.

The Petitions Committee Chair attended the event with four other members, to meet people with a range of disabilities and hear about their experiences online.

They spoke about what it’s like to be disabled online, the challenges they face when reporting abuse, and what social media companies and the Government should be doing to tackle the issue.

Speaking after the event, Mrs Jones said: "We heard from disabled people themselves about the shocking abuse that they face when they go online.

"We know that it’s not always easy to talk about such difficult experiences, and we’re very grateful indeed to everyone who came to Parliament to help us with our work.

"The petitions system was set up to help people to have their voices heard in Parliament, so it’s very important to us that the views of disabled people are at the heart of our inquiry.

"The moving stories we’ve heard today build on the powerful evidence we’ve already heard from Katie Price and her family, as well as disability charities. It’s becoming clear that there is much more that social media companies and the Government could be doing to protect disabled people online. "We’ll continue to gather evidence about this, from disabled people and other experts, as our inquiry continues".

It comes as part of a petition set up by Katie Price, which gained over 220,000 signatures, to make online abuse a criminal offence and have a register of offenders set up.

Her son Harvey who has Prader-Willi syndrome was targeted by online trolls - who were arrested, but later released without any repercussions for their behaviour.

The Petitions Committee inquiry will allow the committee to decide whether a report should be published, encouraging the Government to take action on the issue, and hold a full debate.