Schedule 1 - Gender Recognition Panels
Gender Recognition Bill [Lords]
11:00 am
Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:
Amendment No. 41, in
schedule 1, page 15, leave out line 7 and insert—
'(b) at least two medical members including—
(i) a registered medical practitioner recognised as currently practising in the field of gender dysphoria in the United Kingdom, and
(ii) a registered medical practitioner who has an entry in the specialist register held by the General Medical Council which confers their eligibility to practise as a consultant psychiatrist within the National Health Service.'.
Amendment No. 34, in
clause 3, page 2, leave out lines 16 to 21 and insert—
'(a) a report made by a registered medical practitioner recognised as currently practising in the field of gender dysphoria in the United Kingdom, and
(b) a report by a registered medical practitioner who has an entry in the specialist register held by the General Medical Council which confers their eligibility to practise as a consultant psychiatrist within the National Health Service.'.
Amendment No. 35, in
clause 3, page 2, leave out lines 24 to 27 and insert—
'(a) a registered medical practitioner recognised as currently practising in the field of gender dysphoria in the United Kingdom, and
(b) a registered medical practitioner who has an entry in the specialist register held by the General Medical Council which confers their eligibility to practise as a consultant psychiatrist within the National Health Service, includes details and justification of the diagnosis of the applicant's gender dysphoria.'.
Amendment No. 36, in
clause 27, page 12, leave out lines 15 to 17 and insert—
'(a) a report made by a registered medical practitioner recognised as currently practising in the field of gender dysphoria in the United Kingdom, and
(b) a report by a registered medical practitioner who has an entry in the specialist register held by the General Medical Council which confers their eligibility to practise as a consultant psychiatrist within the National Health Service.'.
Amendment No. 37, in
clause 27, page 12, line 20, leave out paragraph (a) and insert—
'(a) the reference in subsection (1) to a registered medical practitioner is to one recognised as currently practising in the field of gender dysphoria in the United Kingdom.'.