Andrew Bridgen’s ‘gender ideology’ bill rejected by MPs after stinging Ben Bradshaw intervention

The Reclaim party MP Andrew Bridgen today proposed a 10 minute rule bill to ban the promotion or discussion of gender transitioning in schools.

After listening to Mr Bridgen’s speech, Labour MP Sir Ben Bradshaw responded in a bid to kill the bill at first reading.

In the resultant division, MPs rejected Mr Bridgen’s bill by 40 votes to 34 – a majority of six.

Mr Bridgen said in his speech: “Children are not guinea pigs. It’s high time this house took charge and stopped allowing ideologies passed down from mad scientists which treat them as such”.

Sir Ben responded: “This bill is not about the welfare of young people. It’s not about the smooth running of our schools. It’s about a cynical but completely transparent attempt by a conspiracy theorist, who is too right wing even for today’s Conservative party, to stoke the culture wars on the backs of our most vulnerable minority”.