Labour peer Lord Hunt of Kings Heath lashed out at the wording of a bill which would allow ministers to take paid maternity leave (Parliament)
A Labour politician who has never held elected office used the House of Lords to rage against trans-inclusive language being used in a maternity bill.
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, who was appointed to the unelected chamber in 1997 and served as a minister under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, lashed out at the wording of a bill which would allow ministers to take paid maternity leave.
Hunt picked on language that applies parts of the law when “the person is pregnant” and after “the person has given birth,” in line with a long-standing and previously-uncontroversial convention to use gender-neutral language in legislation.