Member

I turn to Amendment 325A, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Maclean, and supported by the noble Baroness, Lady Fox. I am sorry she has had difficulties with the name change, whether deliberate or accidental; it must be very inconvenient, and I understand her frustration. This amendment seeks to prohibit any offender who has been convicted of a sexual offence under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 from obtaining a gender recognition certificate. The noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, touched on the point I am going to make, which is that convicted sex offenders, regardless of their gender, are subject to post-conviction controls such as the notification requirements and are eligible for sexual harm prevention orders and multi-agency risk management assessments through the MAPPA process. They are managed according to the risk they pose rather than their gender, and that is the right thing to do.