Rishi Sunak has hit out at Nicola Sturgeon’s plans to allow people to easily change their gender insisting that “biological sex matters.” The Prime Minister’s comment came as he marked his first 100 days in office with an interview with Piers Morgan on Talk TV.
After the row over his decision to block Sturgeon’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill in Scotland which would have allowed rapists to declare themselves as women and go into female prisons, the PM insisted “of course, I know what a woman is, an adult human female.”
He added: “Whether it’s sex, whether it’s women’s spaces, whether it’s prisons, biological sex really matters. And actually we saw that recently with what’s going on in Scotland.”Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer infamously refused to define a woman but Mr Sunak did not hesitate when put on the spot by Mr Morgan.
He said: “I’m married to one. I have two daughters.
“And it’s really important that they grow up in a society where their needs are respected, whether it’s, you know, how they want to be treated when they’re in changing rooms or sports, but also their safety.”
In a trailer for Mr Sunak’s latest TV appearance released earlier today (February 2), the PM said asylum claims will be sped up to a matter of days or weeks and not months or years.
He added that in the vast majority of cases they would be sent to an alternative safe country, “be that where you have come from, if it’s safe, like Albania, or, indeed, Rwanda”.
Pressed by Morgan if the policy will ever happen, Mr Sunak responded: “Yes.”
The Prime Minister addressed a number of issues facing the country in his encounter with Morgan broadcast on the day the Bank of England raised its base rate to four percent.
His interview comes as Mr Sunak marks his first 100 days in Downing Street.
In a statement released this week to mark both the third anniversary of Brexit and Mr Sunak’s 100 days in office, the Prime Minister said momentum hasn’t slowed under his leadership.
He said: “We’re cutting red tape for businesses, levelling up through our freeports, and designing our own, fairer farming system to protect the British countryside.
“This is just the beginning of our plans to deliver on our five priorities, including growing the economy so we can create better paid jobs, and I’m determined to ensure the benefits of Brexit continue to empower communities and businesses right across the country.”
