Layla Moran

Layla Michelle Moran (/məˈræn/ mə-RAN; born 12 September 1982) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She has served as the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for foreign affairs and international development since 2020, and has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford West and Abingdon since 2017. She became Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee of the House of Commons in September 2024.

Layla Moran in 2024

Quotes

• David T. C. Davies [then Conservative MP for Monmouth]: I hear what the hon. Lady is saying. May I bluntly ask her whether she would be happy sharing a changing room with somebody who was born male and had a male body?
• Layla Moran: I believe that women are women, so if that person was a trans woman, I absolutely would. I just do not see the issue. As for whether they have a beard, which was one of the hon. Gentleman’s earlier comments, I dare say that some women have beards. There are all sorts of reasons why our bodies react differently to hormones. There are many forms of the human body. I see someone in their soul and as a person. I do not really care whether they have a male body.
  • "Self-identification of Gender", Hansard Vol. 649 (Westminster Hall, 21 November 2018)

• [A] woman is a gender, it is a way to self-identify and there are lots of genders. There is male and that is biological. There is female, which is also biological. A woman is a gender identity which is more akin to being a man. Those are the opposites and then there is also non-binary, which is people who don't identify with either.
  • Speaking on Political Thinking with Nick Robinson ([25] July 2020), as cited in Suzanne Moore "If we can't define what a woman is, how can we organise politically?", The Guardian (3 August 2020)
  • Before her comments, Robinson said: "You talked of giving straight answers to straight questions. [...] Here’s a nice one for you, philosophical: what is a woman?"