Miriam Cates spoke at a fringe event at Tory Party Conference (Image: Getty)
Former Tory MP Miriam Cates has called for sex education to be scrapped as a subject at school to protect children from dangerous ideologies.
She also accused the of failing to resist the radicalisation of children when it comes to gender issues.
When asked about safeguarding issues at schools, Ms Cates said: “I would scrap relationships and sex education as a subject. The purpose of schools is to teach knowledge and skills. You’re teaching things that have stood the test of time. Shakespeare has stood the test of time. Somebody who wrote a book last week has yet not stood the test of time. It’s the same with science that’s proven in fact, or maths. There’s a cannon of literature.
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“The problem with teaching anything that is actually values rather than knowledge or skills is that it is contested and that there is no knowledge. There is no expertise.”
Since September 2020, relationships education has been compulsory for all pupils receiving primary education.
While relationships and sex education for all pupils receiving secondary education.
Ms Cates said the rise of gender critical issues and a lack of safeguarding of children has happened “despite” the Conservative Government.
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Speaking at a panel at the Tory Party Conference, she added: “I don’t think we can completely blame the Conservative Government for what happened. However they were not quick enough to identify what was happening and to resist it.”
The packed room and panel, including gender critical activist Maya Forstater, applauded Rosie Duffield who quit the Labour Party in part over his stance on the issue.
The former Labour MP, a supporter of women’s rights in gender debates, said has “a problem with women” after writing a scathing resignation letter.