Adapting gender ruling into practical steps difficult for firms – watchdog chair

Chairwoman of the ECHR, Baroness Falkner, said she thinks it will be ‘difficult’ for businesses to adapt gender guidance ‘into practical steps’ (PA) - (PA Archive)

The chairwoman of the watchdog which has provided guidance to the Government on trans people’s use of certain spaces has said it will be “difficult” for service providers to adapt a ruling on the legal definition of a woman “into practical steps”.

On Friday, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) shared its updated code of practice with women and equalities minister Bridget Phillipson after a Supreme Court ruling in April, which said the words “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a biological woman and biological sex.