Oh dear. Things haven’t quite gone to plan for Liz Truss. (Where have we heard that before?) The former prime minister was hoping to debate her private member’s bill in the Commons this afternoon — but MPs ran out of time.
In the same week that puberty blockers were banned for children, Truss’s Health and Equality Acts (Amendment) Bill would alter the current Equality Act to enshrine the legal definition of sex as ‘biological’. It was understood that the government were poised to back Truss’s bill, before amending it at a later stage.
Despite rumours of Tory support, at third on the order paper it was never guaranteed that the former PM’s bill would be heard. And when time ran out, Truss knew who she wanted to blame…
I’m furious that Labour MPs have filibustered in Parliament today to prevent debate of my Private Member’s Bill. Concerned parents will want to know why Labour don’t even want to discuss how to protect children and single sex spaces, let alone put those protections into law.
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