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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2022
International Women’s Day

"I thank the hon. Member for Motherwell and Wishaw (Marion Fellows) for that inspiring close to her speech. I do not wish to disabuse her in any way, but I think she will find that quite a lot of men do quite a lot of pretending too. We may cover …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2022
International Women’s Day

"Bastions of feminism—and I hear one on the other side of the House—who highlight this risk, and others such as Germaine Greer, Professor Kathleen Stott and Professor Jo Phoenix, and journalists such as Suzanne Moore, are bullied online and even hounded out of their jobs because they talk about this. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2022
International Women’s Day

"I have not furnished myself with a quote, but I am very happy to write to the hon. Lady. I can promise her that she did not answer the question when she was asked it...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2022
International Women’s Day

"If I have misled the House by misrepresenting the hon. Lady, I absolutely apologise for doing so. I will check the facts, and I will set the record straight if it is necessary for me to do so...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2022
International Women’s Day

"I will give way to the hon. Lady if she will give a clear definition...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2022
International Women’s Day

"There have been others representing the Opposition Front Bench, Mr Deputy Speaker, who have said things like “I am not going to go down that rabbit hole.” Indeed, the Leader of the Opposition said on “Marr” that the phrase “only women have a cervix”

“is something that shouldn’t be said. …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2022
International Women’s Day

"I was not actually talking about the hon. Lady at that particular point, but she has put on record what she feels, and maybe when she replies to the debate she will give us a definition of what she thinks a woman is.

The Government must also challenge the Scottish …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2022
International Women’s Day

"I am afraid that a great many women do not agree with my right hon. Friend, and I am speaking for them...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2022
International Women’s Day

"I thank the hon. and learned Lady for that intervention, and I note what she says.

The SNP Minister Shona Robison said when she was introducing the Bill:

“There is no evidence that predatory and abusive men have ever had to pretend to be anything else to carry out abusive …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2022
International Women’s Day

"I do not follow what the hon. Lady is saying. I am in favour of protecting the trans community in this country. What I am not in favour of is allowing biological men into women’s spaces where they can threaten women as a matter of right, however risk-assessed they might …..."
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