Clause 9 - General
Gender Recognition Bill [Lords]
4:00 pm
Mr Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire, Conservative)
The Minister is being less than his normal courteous self. I do not know whether he has had a chance to look at new clause 6—and it would be inappropriate for me to dwell on it—but if he has taken the trouble to read it, he will have found that the last part states:,
''providing reasonable provision is made for transsexuals.''
I am talking purely about the offence that, understandably, could be perceived, particularly by very young girls with their mothers in changing rooms, if they came across a lady who had adopted a female gender, but who was physically male because she had not had sex-reassignment surgery. That is a valid point. Committee members who have young daughters will identify with that concern.