"My Lords, I begin by congratulating the Minister on an exceptionally comprehensive introduction to what is, by any measure, a wide-ranging and ambitious Bill. In the time available, I will confine my remarks to three aspects of the Bill: the Government’s manifesto commitment to extend aggravated offences to all strands …..." Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green - View Speech
"My Lords, I serve on the UK delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. I have not had any dealings with the Commissioner for Human Rights, but is the Minister aware that yesterday he shared his observations that inconsistencies between the Equality Act and the Gender Recognition …..." Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green - View Speech
"My Lords, does the Minister share the view, consistent with the Government’s wider commitment to freedom of speech, that students should be trusted to engage with challenging material rather than being shielded from it through library censorship? What skills might teachers need to support children to disagree well through that …..." Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green - View Speech
"My Lords, I join others in thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Bull, for securing this debate and for her relentless efforts to raise awareness and understanding of this most overlooked of subjects. I share some of the difficulties in pronouncing it, but I will do my best: dyscalculia. I refer …..." Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green - View Speech
"My Lords, the Minister will be aware that Sport England is committed to ensuring that LGBT people get as many opportunities and as much support to get active as others, as she has confirmed. I am slightly confused by the initial snapshot provided by the EHRC, and I wonder whether …..." Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a genuine honour and privilege to speak today because, as the noble Lord, Lord Shinkwin, referred to, had Hitler won I doubt very much that I would be here. Over the last five years up until the end of March this year, I have worked with …..." Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green - View Speech
"My Lords, the Minister will be aware, as has already been alluded to, that the Equality Act and the Gender Recognition Act have always allowed trans people to be excluded from sports, and the Supreme Court judgment has not changed that. The most complicated area for elite sport and international …..." Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green - View Speech
"My Lords, is the Minister considering any possible unintended consequences of this guidance? As a lesbian who is frequently told she is in the wrong toilets and who is addressed as “my Lord” and “sir” frequently around this place—which is always cute—does the Minister think there might be some unintended …..." Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green - View Speech
"I very much thank the Minister for her answers to the questions so far and the manner in which this debate has taken place. Does the Minister agree that we would need to see, through further research, an increase in the level of scientific understanding around gender and sporting participation …..." Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green - View Speech