Andy Burnham told to ‘get serious’ as major sporting row erupts
Olympian Sharron Davies and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch have urged Andy Burnham to protect women’s sport for young girls by creating a “level playing field”. The pair led a rally in Westminster on Wednesday where they demanded the Prime Minister guard single-sex spaces at major sporting events in the UK.
TL;DR
- Sharron Davies and Kemi Badenoch rallied in Westminster to protect women's sport for young girls.
- They are urging for single-sex spaces in major sporting events, based on biological sex.
- Conservative proposals aim to guarantee single-sex accommodation, changing facilities, and toilets for competitors, officials, spectators, and staff.
- An earlier attempt to secure these provisions in law was voted down by Labour MPs with Liberal Democrats abstaining.
- Labour's Shadow Culture Secretary, Rebecca Paul, is leading a new charge in Parliament to ensure only biological women play in major sporting events in the UK.