Thursday, December 14, 2023
After accusing a Labour MP of lying, the Equalities minister was warned not to use “unparliamentary speech.”
When Labour MP Kate Osbourne appeared before the Women and Equalities Select Committee on December 13, she was accused by Kemi Badenoch of lying during a heated argument over language used to describe transgender kids.
Ms. Osborne was criticized by the Cabinet minister for using “inflammatory speech that likens children and young people coming out as transgender to the spread of a disease” in the past.
I have never said that, that is a stay, said Ms. Badenoch, who is also the Business and Trade Secretary.
” That is a lie, and I believe you ought to retract that.” It’s a rest. You’re lying. ”
Ms. Osborne, the MP for Jarrow, retorted that she was n’t lying, to which Mr. Badenoch said,” You are lying.” I have never used the term “disease,” and this is precisely what I am referring to when I say that you are making false statements to a limited commission. “”
Caroline Nokes, chairwoman of the traditional committee, interrupted to ask the minister to please tell him that the language being used is improper for parliamentary purposes. ”
What she said is not real, Ms. Badenoch retorted. In this room, we ca n’t just make things up; we need to use facts. “”
The secretary added that because “more people are animals than there are people who are trans,” protection of single-sex spaces is necessary.
According to Ms. Badenoch,” For many years, some trans people were living their lives in peace, and nobody had a problem.” We did n’t have to tighten this until predators began taking advantage of the gaps.
Because the concept is so ambiguous, we are then forced to consider what we can do to protect women and children who are the most susceptible in those single-sex areas. This is the behavior of people who choose to utilize right granted to trans people.
” It’s not simple; if the predators had n’t decided to take advantage of this gap, things would have been ideal.
There are more people who are animals than there are trans people, and I must be clear that I’m not saying that transgender people are prey.
In order to protect everyone, including transgender people, women, and children who require single-sex spaces, we must carefully consider how we document regulations. I’m working on something that is difficult to accomplish. “”
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