Labour MP Jess Asato asked Kim Leadbeater if she would disassociate herself from what she said were Esther Rantzen’s ‘distasteful and disrespectful’ comments about opponents of the bill being motivated by undeclared religious beliefs.
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Labour MP Florence Eshalomi also hit back at Rantzen in a powerful speech, calling it ‘insulting’ to dismiss valid concerns about the bill as being due to religious beliefs
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