WATCH: Sarah Pochin joins MPs at Westminster protest against puberty blocker trial
Dec 17, 2025
Sarah Pochin has hit back at Sir Keir Starmer after making a festive jibe about her during today's Prime Minister's Questions.Speaking to GB News, the Reform UK MP branded the remark a "silly comment" as she condemned Sir Keir's actions in the House of Commons.FULL STORY HERE.
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Yes, good afternoon. Well, in the last few minutes, the MPs that I'm about to talk to
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delivered a letter to the Department of Health. Worth saying that the protesters against this
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Pathways trial due to start in January at a cost of over 10 million to the NHS weren't able
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actually, to stand outside the Department of Health because supporters and a whole load of
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pro-Palestine protesters were there. It was quite intimidating. They had to have a police escort
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in and very loud shouting. I was with them. Really quite unpleasant
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But I'm going to talk to them now about their concerns. First of all, Baroness Claire Fox
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thank you so much for talking to us on GB News. This is an issue that divides opinion
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But Wes Street, the health secretary, says he needs the evidence. Is that really the case
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It doesn't divide opinion. Let me just challenge him on that. Because the great thing about today
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was that I was introducing all the speakers from across all political parties
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Every single representative that spoke represented a different faction. Labour, Conservative, Reform, Independent, Lib Dem
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everyone was represented, so that's the first thing. Secondly, of course, evidence should be collected
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But a medical dictum is first do no harm The idea that the only way that you can collect evidence is by experimenting on children who can consent to this properly is a disgrace
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It's going to discredit medical science. And I was delighted, therefore, that we had parents
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we had lesbian and gays who make the point that disproportionately the young people
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that are being experimented on are indeed people who think that maybe they're not sure about their body
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But if they were allowed to go through puberty, we'd just know that they're a lesbian
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It absolutely should be called off now. Jonathan Hinder, you are a Labour MP
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This is going to cost over £10 million. Some people raising. Is this a good use of NHS money that's pretty scarce at the moment
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I mean, to be honest, I wouldn't be focused on the money. I wouldn't be spending money on this. But the fundamental point is that these are medically healthy children
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with them. and what they need is love, support and compassion
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to actually accept their bodies as they are. They are primary school age in many cases that are going to be on this trial
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They don't know what is happening to them. They cannot consent to this. And I think in a few years' time, when these children become adults
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they will be asking, who did this to me? And it's not good enough to stand behind some small number of clinicians
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who do support this when many of them are against it. It's not good enough to stand behind them and say
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oh well I following the evidence As politicians we and I just a backbencher but the government ministers have to take responsibility and say I think this is OK And a lot of these young people in future will be looking back and saying
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who did this to me? The idea this could be state sanctioned after what happened at the Tavistock
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the scandal of young people now coming out of that saying, how on earth did you do this to me
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I think it's shocking. So the Health Secretary, I spoke to him about it in the House of Commons today
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expressed my concerns. I know his instincts are that he's very uncomfortable about this
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and I would just say to him, listen to your instincts. The vast majority of the British public do not support this
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The vast majority of Labour voters do not support this. I am representing my constituents
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as are all the MPs who are standing against this. The vast majority of people don't support it
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so there's no democratic consent. Don't do it. And, Rosie Duffield, you were a Labour MP
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You now stand as an independent. You weren't called for a question, But how many MPs and Lords have supported, have got their names on this letter
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Why do you feel so strongly about this? We've got dozens and dozens of names now. Really well-known household names have signed the letter
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Many more support, but they're not quite sure yet whether they want to sign. Kemi Badenock did a similar letter
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As Claire mentioned, we've got all of the parties and none independent MPs
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right the way across Parliament, and that includes the Lords. And everything these two have said is right these are children potentially as young as eight Who is answerable to them when they regret this in their 20s and 30s And which clinicians is Wes Streeting listening to Not
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the whistleblowers from the Tavistock, all of whom are really against this trial. And
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also, he says that at least one parent has to give consent. What happens to looked after
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children who makes that decision for them? And what happens in a case when two parents
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don't agree. Who is going to sort that out? The family courts
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And Sarah Pochin, your Reform MP, what is your message to West
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Streeting? Well, I have just delivered it in the chamber today. I have told him this is state-sponsored child abuse. I have
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told him this trial doesn't need to go ahead because 2,000 children
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and young people have taken these drugs under the scandal that was
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Tavistock. That data is available. West Streeting could introduce statutory legislation to access that data. This trial does not need to go ahead
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Thank you. And just finally, on a different note, in Prime Minister's questions, the Prime Minister said that you would be hoping for a white Christmas
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obviously in reference to the comments you made about the over-representation, as you see it, of black and brown people on television adverts
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What is your response to his comment? My message to the Prime Minister is to stop throwing silly comments around the Chamber
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Why isn't he here? Why isn't he standing up for vulnerable young children
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Why is he backing human experimentation on our young kids
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