MPs revolt against Andy Burnham trans law amid fears parents could face jail




Maya Forstater, the chief executive of Sex Matters, a sex-based rights charity, said: “As well as causing widespread havoc across society, businesses and the justice system, the bill could override every win for common sense from the past several years in the fight against gender ideology, including my own court victory and the Supreme Court judgment.”Such a destructive and ill-conceived bill should have no place on any Government’s agenda, and I hope No10 wakes up to the issues rather than sleepwalking into a disastrous and unnecessary new law.”A spokesman for Labour Women’s Declaration, a gender-critical group, said: “You do not need to be a legal expert to understand very quickly that this draft bill is deeply flawed and we are extremely grateful to those Labour MPs who have taken time to engage on this issue, and who are now raising concerns with their whips.”A Labour source told The Telegraph: “All Labour MPs stood on our manifesto committing to ban abusive conversion practices, we’re delivering on our promises to the British people.”