Member

My amendments do not resolve every difficulty in what the Government are proposing to do with their amendments or have said they will do with respect to creating a new offence under the Public Order Act, but they would send a clear signal to the police—and to the trans activists who have discovered that the police are all too happy to do their bidding—that misgendering is not a criminal offence and should not be treated as one or as an aggravator. As I say, I do not believe it is the Government’s intention to bring about this effect, and, if the Minister will reassure me on that score, I will be happy not to press my amendments.