No 10 distances PM from minister’s past support for gender neutral toilets Downing Street has distanced the Prime Minister from his new health minister’s past support for gender neutral toilets.
No 10 said Sir Keir makes all ministerial appointments “based on merit” and suggested Ms Dalton had demonstrated relevant experience and skills needed to take on the role of health minister.
Ashley Dalton was appointed a health and social care minister after Andrew Gwynne left the Government when derogatory remarks he made in a WhatsApp group came to light.
Asked if Ms Dalton’s position on single sex toilets reflected Government policy, the spokesman replied: “No, the position remains clear.
Ms Dalton, the Labour MP for West Lancashire, said in a Twitter exchange in 2016 that “we shouldn’t have gendered bathrooms at all”.
