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Equality Act 2010: Code of Practice

Debate between Lord Leong and Baroness Alexander of Cleveden
Wednesday 3rd June 2026

(1 week, 5 days ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Leong Portrait Lord Leong (Lab)
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We will hear from Labour, then the Cross Benches.

Baroness Alexander of Cleveden Portrait Baroness Alexander of Cleveden (Lab)
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My Lords, I will be finished in a moment. I too thank the Minister for the tone that he has struck today.

We are touching on an important issue. The code leaves us in a position where someone who has a gender recognition certificate has no additional protection under the Equality Act. The Gender Recognition Act was designed specifically to remedy trans people finding themselves in an intermediate legal zone. Given that, do the Government envisage that we may need to honour the commitment that Parliament made to trans people in 2004 when it passed the Gender Recognition Act?

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