How will public bodies collect data necessary for public sector equality duty if we can't define a group which holds a protected characteristic under the Equality Act?
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Please talk to your colleagues at the Ministry for Justice and the Home Office regarding the collection of crime and prison statistics. [Are] crimes committed by self-identified transwomen already being included in the "female" data set?
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The Equality Act exceptions are not being implemented in circumstances where they clearly should be. Does your government intend to take action to reverse this situation? If not, why not?
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What is the role of the
@EHRC in all this? What will the government do to provide clear guidance on applying the single sex exemptions in the equality act?1 reply 6 retweets 47 likesShow this thread -
What do you think about MPs & Cabinet Ministers who say they are afraid to speak out in public on gender self ID? How do you feel about the efforts to prevent women from speaking about issues that concern us, meeting in groups and the no-platforming of invited women on the BBC?
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Would you say, as a feminist, that you cannot help but be impressed by how ordinary women have organised and driven this conversation into the mainstream, despite threats & abuse, when all our elected representatives refused to listen, or were too scared to touch it?
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Read 'em and weep: All 85 questions and the few answers https://medium.com/@MForstater/85-questions-outside-the-minister-for-womens-office-32cf4c084b05 … . This is not good enough.
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So disrespectful of the Mumsnet users. Thanks for documenting it all here and in your medium piece.
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Yes, presumably the SPADs who wrote the responses view Mumsnet as mummies-talking-about-prams-and-nappies who can be ignored and patronised.
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