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Where MPs Stand

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Transgender equality inquiry

Inquiry by the Women and Equalities Committee, 27 July 2015 to 4 May 2017. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 8 September 2015: Panel 1: Jess Bradley, Member, Action for Trans Health Committee, Dr John Dean, Chair, Clinical Reference Group for Specialised Gender Identity Services, NHS England, Terry Reed OBE, co-founder, Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES), and Steve Shrubb, Chief Executive, West London Mental Health NHS Trust. Panel 2: Helen Belcher, Director, Trans Media Watch, Professor Neil Chakraborti, Director, The Leicester Centre for Hate Studies, and Chief Constable Jane Sawyers, National Policing Lead on Transgender for the Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Coordination Committee of the National Police Chiefs’ Council.
  • 15 September 2015: Panel 1: Susie Green, Chair, Mermaids, Anna Lee, Vice President, Welfare and Community, Lancaster University Students’ Union, Dr Jay Stewart, Director, Gendered Intelligence, and Dr Bernadette Wren, Head of Psychology and Associate Director, Gender Identity Development Service, The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Panel 2: Professor Michael Brookes OBE, Professor of Forensic Psychology, Birmingham City University, and Megan Key, Equalities Manager, National Probation Service.
  • 13 October 2015: Panel 1: Peter Dunne, Visiting Researcher, New York University Law School, Karen Harvey, Chair, a:gender, James Morton, Manager, Scottish Transgender Alliance, and Ashley Reed, initiator of online petition on gender self-definition. Panel 2: Sue Pascoe, and Christie Elan-Cane.
  • 28 October 2015: Panel 1: Karen Bradley MP, Minister, Home Office, Jane Ellison MP, Minister, Department of Health, and Will Huxter, Regional Director of Specialised Commissioning (London), NHS England; Panel 2: Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP, Minister, Women and Equalities, Nick Boles MP, Minister, Business, Innovation and Skills, and Caroline Dinenage MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice.
  • 3 November 2015: Ed Vaizey MP, Minister, Culture, Media and Sport