Written Question·Women and Equalities·UIN 68203

Gender Recognition

Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 23 July 2025

Question

Chris Coghlan

Liberal DemocratDorking and Horley

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Supreme Court judgment in the case of For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers of 16 April 2025 on trans people with Gender Recogniti

Answer

Dame Nia Griffith
A Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) allows a trans person to change their legal sex to align with their acquired gender. Those with a GRC are recognised in their acquired sex and gender unless specific exceptions apply. The Supreme Court ruling clarifi...

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