EHRC guidance will help businesses comply with the law on sex and gender

Kishwer Falkner, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. ‘Our consultation heard from more than 50,000 organisations and individuals.’ Photograph: Courtesy: Kishwer Falkner

I can reassure businesses that the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) takes how equality law is applied in everyday situations extremely seriously (Dozens of Labour MPs warn of chaos for firms over gender recognition advice, 23 October). It’s our job to accurately explain how to implement the law in practice and we have taken every opportunity to do so since the supreme court clarified the meaning of “sex” in the Equality Act in April.

Our updated code of practice for service providers, submitted to the UK government seven weeks ago, will help balance the rights of service users and protect everyone from discrimination.