How UK Government is using archaic Commons rules to avoid scrutiny on EHRC guidance

The UK Government is using archaic Parliamentary procedure to wave through guidance on single-sex spaces (Image: PA Images)

THE UK Government is using archaic Westminster procedure in order to “avoid scrutiny” over the equalities watchdog’s guidance on single-sex spaces, an MP has said.

In May, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) draft Code of Practice was finally laid in the House of Commons after repeated delays, and right before a parliamentary recess.