Rival MPs in joint plea to stop trial of puberty blockers

NHS accused of 'shameful experiment'

- BY KATIE HARRIS

A LABOUR and Tory MP have united to make a fresh plea for the controversial puberty blocker trial to be stopped.

Labour’s Jonathan Hinder and Conservative Rebecca Paul urged Health Secretary Wes Streeting to halt the “shameful experiment on children” by the NHS in England.

They warned of the damage the clinical trial could pose to youngsters and raised concerns over whether children can consent.

The pair also insisted that the issue was “not about left or right” but “about right and wrong”.

Speaking to the Daily Express, they said: “Puberty can be a tough time for anyone. But what children need is support to accept their healthy bodies as they are, rather than being told their bodies are somehow ‘wrong’.