Liz Truss to propose new law stopping children from attempting to change their gender

Liz Truss is to introduce a draft law that will seek to prevent children from attempting to change their gender. The former prime minister, who spent only 49 days in office, will also seek to introduce legislation that will ban biological males from entering single-sex spaces.

Ms Truss was among 20 MPs selected to bring forward a Private Member’s Bill – a process that allows backbenchers to introduce a new law separate from the Government’s legislative agenda. Aides said the right-wing Conservative will use the opportunity this week to propose a Bill that would look to ensure single-sex spaces are protected in law by preventing transgender women, who have transitioned from being a male, from accessing areas like female toilets and changing rooms.

The draft legislation will also aim to prevent under-18s from accessing hormone therapy and block the state from recognising social transitioning by those under the legal age of adulthood, a source close to the former Tory leader said. They said Ms Truss feels there need to be stronger protections in law to prevent under-18s from “making irreversible decisions about their bodies which they might come to regret”.

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Ms Truss was 18th among the names revealed in the ballot last month, meaning there is no guarantee that her Bill will be debated in the Commons.

Normally, only the first seven balloted Bills will have time to be included in a day’s debate and therefore have the highest chance of becoming law.

A source close to Ms Truss told