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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 September 2025
Debate
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillContribution
Last year, the Government’s draft guidance, which was meticulously drafted and worded with enormous care and attention to language, said that schools should not teach gender identity. That was a sensible safeguard, but this summer the Government weakened the position to say only that it should not be taught as fact. There is still a lot of confusion about what is really in children’s interests, especially those who are already vulnerable.
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