Petition · past parliament · Cabinet Office, Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

Require all MPs and ministers to take equality and diversity training

Closed 111 signatures

What the petition asks

Following the Conservative Party Conference where the Prime Minister made comments that we believe are insulting to transgender people, we want MPs and ministers to be required to complete equality and diversity training to try and ensure they don't insult people!
At the Conservative Party Conference on Wednesday 4th October the Prime Minister said "We shouldn't get bullied into believing that people can be any sex they want to be, they can't. A man is a man and a woman is a woman, that is just common sense."

We believe this statement will be hugely insulting and hurtful to many people, including the 262,000 people in the UK who have said that the gender they identify with is not the same as their sex registered at birth.

MPs and ministers should represent all people!

Timeline

10 Oct 2023 Petition opened for signatures
10 Apr 2024 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 111
Status Closed
Department Cabinet Office, Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
Opened 10 Oct 2023
Closed 10 Apr 2024

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.