New clause 17 - DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF
Equality Bill [Lords]
2:30 pm
Sandra Gidley (Women & Older People, Non-Departmental & Cross Departmental Responsibilities; Romsey, Liberal Democrat)
Given that the Minister seems keen to pursue the route of the Green Paper and consultation, what assurances can she give us that protection for transsexual people will be in place by the deadline of 21 December 2007? As my hon. Friend the Member for Oxford, West and Abingdon has already outlined, the time scales for the Green Paper and a possible Bill in 2007—at the earliest—mean that there will be a gap in provision. It seems that we are unlikely to meet those deadlines.