It does nothing to establish that Parliament — the institution that invited this child onto its premises for civic education — takes its duty of care toward children seriously. Conduct unbecoming a Member — particularly conduct directed at a child during an official parliamentary programme — should trigger the same disciplinary machinery Parliament uses for other breaches of decorum. A press apology addresses the MP’s public image. They are the correct scale of response to a lawmaker sexualizing a child inside a national institution. Real support offered to the child and her family, on Parliament’s initiative — not contingent on them asking for it.