Clause 2 - Determination of applications
Gender Recognition Bill [Lords]
3:15 pm
Mr Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore, Labour)
I do not want to prolong the point, but from an informed lay person's perspective I am trying to envisage making an application and the panel seeing a submission from a family member, no matter how close or distant, who said, ''We disagree; we think that he is being too hasty. He hasn't considered it.'' I am not sure what that would add materially to my application or to the panel's deliberations, short of my saying to it, ''I have fully considered it. For at least two years previous to this, I have been in this situation.'' How does that move the process forward?