Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Government's response to Recommendations 4 to 8 of Women and Equalities Committee Report on Transgender Equality, Cm 9301, if she will set out a timetable for the review of the Gender Recognition Act to determine whether changes can be made to improve it in order to streamline and de-medicalise the gender recognition process; and if she will make a statement.

We have committed to a review of the Gender Recognition Act to streamline and demedicalise the gender recognition process, which will include an examination of how alternative gender recognition schemes operate in other countries.

We have begun our programme of work on reviewing the gender recognition process, and we will provide an update on the Government’s progress in 2017.