Downing Street appeared to dismiss the education secretary’s comments on the age at which people can choose their gender, after Gillian Keegan had suggested 16 was old enough, as the UK government prepares to block Scotland’s gender recognition bill.
Asked whether a revised legislation could be accepted if the age at which people could choose their gender was changed from 16, Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson said: “I think it’s important to emphasise, rather than focusing on the single issue of age, this is about the legislation having an adverse impact on equality legislation as a whole.”
