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Nicholas Cecil

Police 'wrong' to record non-crime hate incident against Tory Rachel Maclean in transphobic row, says minister

Police were “wrong” to record a non-crime hate incident against Tory deputy chairman Rachel Maclean after she was accused of sharing transphobic remarks, a Government minister said on Tuesday.

Lee Rowley, housing minister, told Times Radio: “Rachel’s a personal friend. And what Rachel was saying was that there is a biological sex and it’s absolutely the case and it’s appropriate to be able to talk about that.

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