Liz Truss ‘livid’ after MPs accused of blocking transgender reform invoice

A controversial proposal to ban transgender girls from female-only areas won’t be debated after each Tory and Labour MPs have been accused of filibustering a invoice drawn up by Liz Truss.

The former prime minister stated she was “furious” on the Labour Party for stopping debate on her Private Member’s Bill, which might even have barred transgender girls from collaborating in girls’s sports activities and stopped youngsters making an attempt to vary their intercourse.

However, additionally it is understood some Conservatives had been requested to lengthen the sooner debates to run down the clock and cease Ms Truss’s invoice from being debated – a tactic generally known as filibustering – though one Tory MP sought to minimize the claims.

In an announcement, Ms Truss stated Labour “don’t even want to discuss how to protect children and single-sex spaces, let alone put those protections into law”.

“Labour care more about ideology than the protection of children,” she claimed.

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“It is vital that we legislate to safeguard single-sex spaces and prevent children from making irreversible decisions about their bodies.”

Ms Truss was backed by equalities minister Kemi Badenoch, who posted on X: “Just now Labour MPs prevented debate on a new law to protect children and single-sex spaces. Instead they used parliamentary time to discuss ferret name choices.

“Keir Starmer is afraid of debate on safeguarding & his MPs actively work to disregard the issues of constituents.”

The Commons was because of debate the proposed laws on Friday however the invoice was “talked out” after MPs spent 5 hours debating two different proposals from backbench MPs.

In the talk on animal welfare, extra Conservative MPs than Labour MPs spoke, though Labour members supplied the longest speeches – together with a 35-minute contribution from shadow setting secretary Steve Reed.

Conservative backbencher Richard Fuller insisted members of his celebration had not sought to stop the invoice being debated, utilizing some extent of order to say it was solely the Labour Party that was attempting to speak out the Bill.

Accused by Tory backbencher Sally Ann Hart of attempting to “talk out” the Bill, Mr Reed denied this, saying the topic was “important”, to cries of “rubbish” from the Conservative benches.

After 4 hours was spent debating the Animal Welfare Bill, MPs then proceeded to debate a invoice on public procurement by Labour MP Sarah Champion which meant there was no time for Ms Truss’s proposals.

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Ms Truss’s invoice has now been rescheduled for 22 March however will fall to the underside of the record, that means it’s unlikely to be debated.

On Friday, Downing Street didn’t say whether or not it will again Ms Truss’s invoice, however it’s understood Ms Badenoch is supportive of what it’s attempting to realize.

Asked concerning the invoice on Friday, the prime minister’s official spokesman stated: “We welcome the sentiment set out in the bill, not least because it is consistent with our own approach on the fundamental importance of biological sex and the right that women have to access dedicated single-sex spaces.”