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HANSARDGender Recognition ActI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. As I said, I recognise that there are rare genetic abnormalities. I am simplifying and talking about the majority. The debate is not…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActI understand the hon. Lady’s point, which is why I said that there are these rare abnormalities. People who are intersex should be treated with the compassion they deserve during…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActThe petition we are debating seeks to reform the Gender Recognition Act to enable transgender people to self-identify into a new legal sex without the need for a medical diagnosis…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActI would be interested to know how the hon. Gentleman thinks politics and biology interact.21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActI will come to that. I believe that what we currently have is a good compromise, and I will explain why. As well as the broader picture, there are specific impacts of GRA reform…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActThere is a lot wrong with what is happening in prisons at the moment, but that is beyond the scope of the debate. As I said to the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActI do not accept that pausing puberty has no repercussions, but it is also the case that 98% of those who are prescribed puberty blockers go on to cross-sex hormones. That is the…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActI thank the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry) for her intervention, and I entirely agree that we must wait for the outcome of that very important…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActWill the hon. Gentleman give way?21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActNo, I will make some progress. Every cell in the adult human body has the same genetic code. However much an individual may want to change their sex through surgery, hormone…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActNo, I will make some progress. At the moment of conception, the new cell for a unique human being—the zygote—is the blueprint for every single other cell in that person’s body.…21 Feb 2022HANSARDChildren’s Mental HealthWe are facing a crisis in children’s mental health, as many hon. Members have outlined articulately in our debate. I welcome the Government’s mental health recovery action plan,…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Vaccination: Condition of DeploymentI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, and thank him for listening to those of us on both sides of the House who have raised concerns about this policy. Of course it is right…31 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am absolutely delighted with my right hon. Friend’s announcement that children will no longer be required to wear a mask in school. This is a welcome and evidence-based return…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely) on securing this very important debate and making an excellent speech. I have no wish to repeat the…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Forecasting and ModellingI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. I would have said to my students, “It is not a valid experiment if you cannot follow the same method, repeat the experiment and produce the…18 Jan 2022HANSARDVaccination Strategy( Urgent Question ) : To ask the Minister to provide an update on the Government’s vaccination strategy.12 Jan 2022HANSARDVaccination StrategyI thank the Minister for her statement. The UK’s vaccine roll-out has indeed been enormously effective, but in September the JCVI expressed concerns about a child vaccination…12 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseLast June, my hon. Friend the Member for Dewsbury (Mark Eastwood) and I submitted a bid to the levelling-up fund to upgrade the Penistone line. This would result in much-needed…06 Jan 2022HANSARDSchool Openings: January 2022School closures have been a welfare catastrophe for millions of vulnerable children. During the pandemic, there has been a 77% increase in self-generated sexual images of children…15 Dec 2021