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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 27 January 2026

Debate

Crime and Policing Bill

Contribution

I urge the Minister to accept the amendment. Professor Alice Sullivan has done the hard work for the Government in her review, setting out good practice guidance: the default target of any sex questions should be biological sex; sex and gender identity are distinct concepts; questions which combine sex and gender in one question should not be asked, and the word “gender” should be avoided in question wording, as it has multiple distinct meanings from the traditional but now corrupted synonym for sex because of gender identity as an ideology.

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