Simon Danczuk accuses Lord Janner of raping and torturing children inside the Palace of Westminster

Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk accused Lord Janner in Parliament today (Tuesday 23 June) of raping and torturing children inside the Palace of Westminster.

Speaking in a Westminster Hall debate about the Crown Prosecution Service, Mr Danczuk said: "I have met with Leicestershire police and discussed the allegations in detail.

"Children being violated, raped and tortured - some in the very building in which we now sit.

"If Lord Janner really is too ill to face prosecution, then why can't the courts establish this with a fitness to plead process?

"This would clear up doubts that still linger, for example why he was still visiting parliament on official visits after he was declared unfit to face justice."

Mr Danczuk said police had told him they wanted to bring 22 historical charges against Lord Janner, dating between 1969 and 1988.

The director of public prosecutions (DPP) announced in April that he would not be charged because of his dementia, although that decision is under review.

The Director of Public Prosecutions said Lord Janner's dementia was so severe that he could "play no part in a trial".

Mr Danczuk and the police have condemned the Crown Prosecution Service not to prosecute Lord Janner as "wrong", and the Labour Party has suspended the 86-year-old peer.

Lord Janner's family has said that the peer "is entirely innocent of any wrongdoing".