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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

MPs seek assurance that UK gender guidance will not ignore trans people

Crowds of protesters outside parliament, including one holding up a sign saying 'Don't steal our rights'
Trans rights activists protesting in London last month after the court ruling. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

A cross-party committee of MPs has written to the UK’s equalities watchdog to seek assurances that its guidance on how organisations interpret the landmark supreme court ruling on gender issues does not ignore the needs of transgender people.

The letter from the Commons women and equalities committee to Kishwer Falkner, the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, also urged her to extend the two-week timetable for people to submit views on how the EHRC’s code of practice for organisations should work, saying this should be at least six weeks.

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