UK equalities minister avoids ministerial statement on single-sex spaces guidance following Supreme Court ruling
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UK Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson avoided giving a ministerial statement on the long-awaited publication of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) guidance on single-sex spaces and its impact on transgender people. The guidance, laid in Parliament on May 21 but not discussed until June 1, follows a Supreme Court ruling that defined a woman by biological sex under the Equality Act 2010. The article criticizes the minister for ducking accountability on this contentious issue.
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On May 21, just before the House of Commons went into recess, Phillipson laid the guidance in Parliament, but it took until June 1 for MPs to be able to discuss the sweeping changes.
The guidance – which was r
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