Sex and Gender: Official Data Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Sex and Gender: Official Data

Lord Markham Excerpts
Tuesday 5th November 2024

(2 days, 5 hours ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Smith of Malvern Portrait Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab)
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The noble Lord would be well advised to look at the Equality Act, for example. I have to say that this would be a better debate if we spent more time worrying about how we provide services and account for people’s needs, and less about how we catch our political opponents out.

Lord Markham Portrait Lord Markham (Con)
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As a previous Health Minister, I know that there is a serious health reason to have a proper understanding of the answer to the question of when a woman is a woman and needs to have treatment based on her sex. Please: this is a serious question that deserves a serious answer.