"There are a lot of feminising hormones getting into the environment and that has to be taken into consideration"

The Liberal Democrat then espoused her views about polluted water and sexuality.

She said: “I do feel environmental influences are affecting reproduction. All the pollution is having an effect on our DNA and our population is changing and evolving.”

She added: “There are a lot of feminising hormones getting into the environment and that has to be taken into consideration.

“It’s affecting people’s sexuality basically. People are at liberty to interpret how they want to live themselves.