Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to review the draft Code of Practice issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission following the recent High Court judgment which stated that it can be lawful for service providers to provide women’s single-sex facilities used by both cisgender and transgender women and not by men.

We have received the updated draft Code of Practice from the EHRC. We cannot comment on the contents of the Code during the pre-election period, but we intend to lay it as soon as practicable after the elections in May.

We have always been clear that associations should set their policies in line with the law.

If associations are uncertain as to how to apply the Equality Act 2010, they should obtain specialist legal advice.