LIBERAL Democrat deputy leader Jo Swinson has insisted she is "very confident" the police investigation into her general election spending will find no trace of wrongdoing.
The East Dunbartonshire MP confirmed officers had been in touch over the last few months – but have yet to interview her.
She said she hadn’t had “any conversation with the police at all”, adding: "We're very confident that we've done everything, followed the advice that we were given and that everything was in order.
"And obviously we will cooperate with any questions. As I say, we're very confident that we've got all of the relevant information about the advice that was taken."
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The Herald revealed Ms Swinson was being probed over her election spending last year, amid questions over £2,700 of undelivered voter literature and a further £4,040 which was attributed to "national" spending.
It comes as Ms Swinson, who has been at the forefront of the fight for gender equality, insisted Westminster was slowly changing in the aftermath of the sex abuse scandal which has swept through politics and the entertainment industry.
She received widespread media coverage earlier this year after revealing she had a “close escape” with attempted rape while at university.
A fellow student – who she considered “a nice guy” – made unwanted advances and only stopped when Ms Swinson warned him he was about to commit rape.
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But the MP said she was taken aback by the attention she received after speaking out about the incident.
She said: "It's interesting. It was literally about two sentences in the book. I said what I wanted to say about it.
"I hadn't anticipated that it would become such a focal point, because actually my point in writing about it was not to say, 'Look how shocking this is.'
"It was actually to say, 'Look how normal this is.' And it shouldn't be normal.
"In many ways I feel like I had a lucky escape, that things didn't go further, that I was able to, with language – when physical attempts didn't stop it – with language I was able to stop that attack.”
She added: "I don't consider that this was particularly unusual. This is just incredibly normal, and it shouldn't be normal.”
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Ms Swinson, who has a four-year-old son and is expecting her second child, also spoke of her efforts to avoid gender stereotyping – including buying her toddler pink trousers and sparkly trainers from the girls' section.
She said: "I try not to gender stereotype when I'm buying clothes, games, books for my nieces and nephew and for my son.
"He's a little boy and he happens to love trains, but he also asked for some pink trousers and he's got a pair of sparkly silver trainers.
"Now, okay, I had to technically buy those trousers and the trainers from the girls' section, but he loves them.
"I think, actually, if you just let children be themselves, it's about making sure you're not constraining their choices, you're not saying to them at this really young age, 'You can't have that because that's for boys or because that's for girls.'
"It's about encouraging them to try different things, and encouraging them to be interested in different things."
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She added: "We assume that girls will be more likely to want to play with a doll's house, but actually boys can find it just as fun and creative and interesting to make up stories.”
Ms Swinson was in Aviemore for the Scottish LibDem conference, during which she condemned the UK's Government's decision to take military action in Syria without parliamentary approval.
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