Written Question·Women and Equalities·UIN 32898
Gender Recognition
Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she is taking steps to simplify the process whereby anyone seeking to change gender in the UK must get approval from a panel of doctors and lawyers.
Answer
Seema MalhotraIn our manifesto, we committed to modernising, simplifying, and reforming gender recognition law while upholding the Equality Act and its provisions on single-sex exceptions. We will remove indignities for trans people whilst retaining the need for a diag...
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