We are making a formal complaint to the Standards Commissioner about @PrifWeinidog 's disgraceful response to @LauraJ4SWEast

His angry dismissal of her concerns as ‘shrill’ was clearly discriminatory. This insult is reserved exclusively for women who men wish to silence or ignore. It is a sexist trope that has no place in the Senedd, and which we had assumed was now a part of history.

The ad hominem linking of Ms Jones’ question on the meaning of the word ‘woman’ (which goes to the heart of our sex-based rights) with racism and attacks on asylum-seekers was highly disingenuous and a clear attempt both to avoid the issue and to discredit Ms Jones personally.

We also note Mark Drakeford’s comment that ‘…this member and people like her spent the whole of April trying to raise these dog-whistle concerns’.

We can only assume that the category of ‘people like her’ include the many thousands of women who are fighting to retain our legal right to single-sex spaces, services and sporting opportunities – in Wales, in the UK and across the world.

These are not ‘dog-whistle concerns’; they are fundamental human rights issues, including the right to not be discriminated against, the right to safety, dignity and respect, and the right to free speech in a democratic society.

This is a shocking dereliction of duty and is utterly unacceptable.

@MerchedCymru I'd just like to point out that ALL women's rights are threatened regardless of whether or not they subscribe to gender ideology.

@MerchedCymru And his remarks about her always banging on about this "issue". Like lots of the male MPs he's totally out of order but nothing much happens.