“For Women Scotland” Supreme Court Ruling Debate
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Melanie Ward
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(1 week ago)
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Bridget Phillipson
I suggest to the hon. Lady that she review Hansard after this statement.
Melanie Ward (Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy) (Lab)
Following the welcome clarity from the Supreme Court that Labour’s Equality Act has always contained the right to single-sex spaces for women as well as protections for trans people, does the Minister agree that the SNP Scottish Health Secretary must urgently get a grip and ensure that the NHS is upholding the law, especially in my area of Fife where it appears that a nurse, Sandie Peggie, was disciplined by NHS managers for trying to exercise her right to use a single-sex changing room?
Bridget Phillipson
My hon. Friend will understand that I am not in a position to comment on ongoing cases, but I can say to her that I agree that the Supreme Court ruling demonstrated that the Equality Act introduced by the last Labour Government is the basis on which single-sex provision based on biological sex should be delivered.