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We also have an amendment regarding single-sex spaces. When the Supreme Court ruled on 16 April 2025 that the legal definition of a woman refers strictly to biological sex, many up and down the country will have wondered, “Why do we need judges to tell us that?” We are all, including in the eyes of the law, male or female. Of course, there are people who feel more comfortable presenting as the opposite sex, and I am sure the whole House would agree that trans men and trans women need protection from harm and harassment in the same way as their fellow citizens. I hope that the whole House would also agree that a woman should never be forced to get undressed in the presence of a man, and vice versa. But that is what happened to the Darlington nurses. Seven nurses were forced to share a changing room with a transgender woman, someone who is male but who presents publicly as a woman. The Supreme Court was crystal clear: the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex, and yet these nurses were subjected to pressure and intimidation for raising concerns about getting changed in front of someone who is a man.