Valerie Sponsors Menstrual and Gynaecological Health Bill

I was pleased to support the Bill presented by Abena Oppong-Asare MP:

“That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about the teaching of menstrual and gynaecological health in certain educational settings; to provide for training, guidance and resources to support such teaching; to provide that training includes content about awareness of racial discrimination in menstrual and gynaecological health; to require the Secretary of State to take steps to increase public understanding of menstrual and gynaecological health, including measures to counter inaccurate or misleading information online relating to menstrual and gynaecological health; and for connected purposes.”

Other MPs who presented the Bill included Marsha De Cordova, Olly Glover, Paulette Hamilton, Carolyn Harris, Christine Jardine, Tulip Siddiq, Gill Furniss, Kirsteen Sullivan, Simon Hoare and Sir Alec Shelbrooke.

The Bill was read the first time without opposition and will be read a second time on Friday 17 April.