During his FMQ’s to Labour’s First Minister, Darren Millar MS, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, raised the importance of International Women’s Day.
On Saturday, we marked International Women’s Day, where we celebrated the achievements, rights and potential of women and girls here in Wales, across the UK, and around the world.
So that people across Wales can appreciate and understand what the Welsh Government was celebrating over the weekend, Darren Millar MS, asked the First Minister what her definition of a woman was, the First Minister replied with, “This is not something I’m engaging with.”
Commenting following FMQs, Darren Millar MS, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, said:
“The First Minister’s inability to define what a woman is undermines efforts to safeguard and advance women’s rights in Wales.
"Women’s sports are in urgent need of action to protect fairness and encourage participation. Biological males who have gone through puberty have clear physical advantages, which is why sex-based categories in sport are essential to maintain fairness and integrity.
“This is about fairness and equality, Wales should be an inclusive society but that doesn’t mean we should ride roughshod over the hard-won rights of women and girls in Wales."
