Schools: Gender-questioning Children Debate
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Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
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Schools: Gender-questioning Children
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Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (Con)
My Lords, will the Minister join me in condemning Mermaids’ practice of going into primary school reception classes and suggesting to four year-olds—including my own granddaughter, in a rural Suffolk primary school—that if they wish to, they can change their gender at any stage? This is inappropriate for four year-olds.
Baroness Barran (Con)
I absolutely agree with my noble friend. Again, the guidance is clear that schools should not agree to support any degree of social transition for a primary school child unless it is explicitly required to safeguard and promote their welfare.