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HANSARDSport: Supreme Court Ruling on Sex and GenderThe noble Baroness is right that the controversy or difficulty comes through the methods that are used to determine sex or conditions for entry within those sports. I still think…07 May 2025HANSARDSport: Supreme Court Ruling on Sex and GenderIt is clear that this is both a difficult and sensitive area, not least because this is my third or fourth appearance at the Dispatch Box on it since the ruling. My noble friend…07 May 2025HANSARDSport: Supreme Court Ruling on Sex and GenderI am sure the noble Baroness is right that a whole range of different organisations are currently considering their practice. The Supreme Court ruling brings clarity about the…07 May 2025HANSARDFor Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers: Interim UpdateThe Supreme Court did look at the issues dispassionately, but the point is that there is now the requirement to consider the implications of the judgment and to do so in a way…01 May 2025HANSARDFor Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers: Interim UpdateI hope that in the Government’s response we have been calm; we have been clear but calm. We are committed to ensuring that all groups feel supported by the actions we take as a…01 May 2025HANSARDFor Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers: Interim UpdateIn terms of the clarity of the judgment, as we discussed last week in response to the statement, work is already going on across the health service and other parts of government…01 May 2025HANSARDFor Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers: Interim UpdateI think I have been clear to this House, both today and last week, that the statutory code of practice that the EHRC is responsible for producing will be the legal basis on which…01 May 2025HANSARDFor Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers: Interim UpdateI hope that I have demonstrated today that the Government does properly understand them. As I said last week, it is important that this whole debate is carried out in a spirit of…01 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThat the Bill be now read a second time. Relevant document: 21st Report of the Delegated Powers Committee . Welsh Legislative Consent sought.01 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, while I might have felt offended by the exodus of so many people at the end of Oral Questions, I am reassured by the large number of people who want to contribute to…01 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, we have had a long, interesting and well-informed debate. Given the number of noble Lords who contributed, I will do my best to cover the key issues, but I will not…01 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThat the Bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and that it be an instruction to the Committee of the Whole House that they consider the Bill in the following order:…01 May 2025HANSARDFor Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers: Interim UpdateThe noble Baroness is right that the EHRC is the Government’s independent regulator of the Equality Act in this case. I welcome her commitment to both producing the statutory code…01 May 2025HANSARDFor Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers: Interim UpdateThe approach that my noble friend set out is precisely the one I outlined last week in responding to the statement. The Government have set out our expectation that service…01 May 2025HANSARDFor Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers: Interim UpdateMy Lords, the Government did not receive advance sight or notice of this interim update from the EHRC. The Government had requested a meeting with the chair to discuss its…01 May 2025HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 1.30 Apr 2025HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]Moved by That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 2.30 Apr 2025HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will also speak briefly to the procedural Amendment 2. It is a pleasure to present the amended Bill to this House. The passage of the Bill has benefited from scrutiny…30 Apr 2025HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful for the support of noble Lords and the continued challenge of those who have made the Bill better during its passage through this House. On whether Skills…30 Apr 2025HANSARD“For Women Scotland” Supreme Court RulingIt is clear in the Supreme Court’s judgment that, for the purposes of the Equality Act, where single-sex spaces are being provided, they will be provided on the basis of…24 Apr 2025