Kemi Badenoch was deployed this morning to sell the Tories’ new pledge to change the law and clearly define “biological sex” in the Equality Act. After 11 days of being benched in the campaign, the Business and Trade and Equalities minister didn’t depart from her usual robust answering style…
When quizzed on the Today Programme on what paperwork (original birth certificate or recently changed) one would need to access a women’s crisis centre or female prison, Kemi didn’t clarify, merely repeating that “biological sex” was what mattered in the law. When pushed further on what legal paperwork was required, a frustrated Kemi hit back: “I’ve answered the question, you just keep repeating it in a different way.” Meanwhile on Sky News, Kemi was asked why the government hadn’t changed the law already. The cabinet minister blamed Sunak’s snap election: “Unfortunately the election was called before we would have been able to lay the legislation out in September”…
Lucy Powell on LBC, asked by Tom Swarbrick for her reaction to Labour MP Samantha Niblett’s call for a ‘summer of sex’ debate in Parliament: “I personally don’t own any sex toys, but each to their own… I’m not really sure that’s the right place for it, no.”