Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the implications of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's updated draft Code of Practice for transgender participation in grassroots and community sport.

We have always been clear that, when it comes to women's sport, biology matters. We will continue to support sports to develop policies that protect fairness and safety, particularly when it is not possible to balance those factors with inclusion.

By laying EHRC’s updated statutory Code of Practice before Parliament, we hope to provide essential legal clarity for sports providers, National Governing Bodies, and participants across the country.

We will continue to engage closely with our arm’s length bodies, Sport England and UK Sport, and the wider sporting sector as Parliament considers the Code.