The comments were made during an election hustings debate in which candidates contesting the South Ribble seat at the general election were quizzed over the issue of single-sex spaces in NHS facilities. >>>Click here to watch the full election debate.
Turner explained. Andy Hunter, standing for Reform UK, said: “I don’t think you should have them either.” For the Conservatives, Katherine Fletcher, who is fighting to retain the seat she has represented since 2019, added: “The problem is you’ve got to change the law to allow for that…protection to be put in place.” She accused the Labour Party of being “all over the place on this one”. In response, Labour candidate Paul Foster said: “I don’t believe in mixed wards.