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Proceeding contribution from Baroness O'Cathain (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 11 January 2010. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Equality Bill.


Equality Bill

Perhaps I may pursue this. I promise that it will not be for long. We received a document from the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The noble Baroness, Lady Gould, quoted from it. Paragraph 27 states: ""Most transgender people do not live permanently in their acquired gender and many do not undergo medical reassignment at all"." That means that they are at the beginning of what the Minister described as the process running from clothing through to gender reassignment. I do not know where we are on this, and who is covered and who is not.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
716 c384-5 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Disability Conditions of employment Civil partnerships Depressive illnesses Employment Equality Gender Harassment Discrimination Ethnic groups Public sector Minority groups Racial discrimination Married people Scotland Religion Travellers Widowed people Single people International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Hinduism Dalits Transgender people
Legislation
Equality Bill 2008-09 to 2009-10
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk