Kemi Badenoch calls Labour MP ‘liar’ in transgender children clash

Kemi Badenoch calls Labour MP 'liar' in transgender children clashParliament TV

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00:00 And you've also made these statements using inflammatory language that likens children

00:04 and young people coming out as trans to the spread of a disease.

00:08 I've never said that. That is a lie. That is a lie. And I think you should withdraw

00:13 that statement. That is a lie. You are lying. You are lying.

00:17 I'm not lying to you.

00:18 You are lying. I have never ever used the word disease. And I think this is exactly

00:23 what I'm talking about. You are making statements in a select committee that are untrue.

00:27 You've just called me a liar. Can I just remind the Minister that is unparliamentary

00:31 language to use?

00:32 What she has said is not true. It's not true. And we have to use facts in this room.

00:38 We can't just make stuff up. This is what I'm talking about.

00:42 Well I absolutely agree with you. I just don't think that your facts necessarily...

00:46 When was that statement made? And where?

00:50 So this is the government's own data in the LGBT survey.

00:53 No, no, no. You said I used the word disease. When?

00:55 I don't know. Did you?

00:57 Of course I didn't. And so you don't even know where that came from. Where did you get

01:01 that from? Where did you get that from?

01:04 I'm not here to answer your questions.

01:05 Because you don't know. Because you don't know. It is not true. And you should not be

01:09 saying that in this committee when you don't know where that statement came from.

01:13 I'm not calling you a liar. You called me a liar.

01:15 Can we please so make sure that both of you use parliamentary language please? I won't

01:19 have this degenerate into a slag match.

01:20 Well I will not have my name maligned by people making false statements about me. That is

01:24 not true. We have to do better than this.