Penny Mordaunt says people are "not comprehending" her position on transgender issues and says she has never been in favour of self-identification.

"I am a woman, I'm a biological woman, I am a biological woman in every cell in my body. And some people who are born male go through a process and are issued with a legal document of their new gender. But that does not make them exactly like me."

Kemi Badenoch responds she "finds it difficult" to believe Ms Mordaunt's account: "I don't understand how that [position] would have changed unless someone else did it in between. My understanding was the previous minister who had done the role wanted self-ID."

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