Visit Olivia Blake’s full vote analysis page for more. - She has written to Secretary of State for Health Matt Hancock asking him to review the support arrangements. “However, the blanket application of these regulations has had a deeply damaging effect on people who have lost a pregnancy. "To ask someone to go through this devastating process on their own, and in emergency circumstances, with no support from a loved one or a friend risks making an emotionally difficult situation even worse.". 11th May to 2nd June 2020. The bid was also clear on ways for the Network to become an independent and sustainable entity. Frightening increase in face mask refusers in supermarkets: Yorkshire Post Letters, Leeds local lockdown: Police fine landowner £10k after hundreds attend weekend wedding on Leeds farm. “To ask someone to go through this devastating process on their own, and in emergency circumstances, with no support from a loved one or a friend risks making an emotionally difficult situation even worse.”. Sheffield Hallam Labour is a campaigning party. Ministers said it seeks to limit false and historical allegations arising from overseas operations by introducing a statutory presumption against prosecution, making it exceptional for personnel to be prosecuted five years or more after an incident. “I am urging you to review the guidance on hospital visitors to ensure that those who lose a pregnancy can be accompanied by a partner, friend or family.”, Women are suffering the trauma of miscarriage alone, says Olivia Blake MP, When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Labour’s Diana Abbott said the three “voted absolutely in line with Labour values”. for Asked if she was expecting to be asked to resign, Ms Whittome told ITV’s Peston on Wednesday: “I thought that the Bill was a matter of conscience. Olivia Blake is the Labour MP for Sheffield, Hallam, and has been an MP continuously since 12 December 2019. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. The consultation is clear; the current process is not fit for purpose and inspires dread and anxiety in the people it’s supposed to support. Today, the process of applying for a gender recognition certificate (GRC) requires someone to produce a formal “diagnosis” of gender dysphoria; a report from a doctor or medical professional of any treatment they have received; an extensive and detailed portfolio of evidence demonstrating that they have publicly lived as their gender for at least two years; an agreement from a spouse or civil partner; and a statutory declaration that the applicant intends to live in their acquired gender ‘until death’.