Clause 4
Equality Bill
1:45 pm
Vera Baird (Solicitor General, Attorney General's Office; Redcar, Labour)
The hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green referred a number of times to a medicality of definition. Let me assure her that there is no medicality of definition. It is removed from the old definition that related to gender reassignments. Although we are discussing the matter under clause 4, the definition of gender reassignment is in clause 7—it is clear why she needs to discuss it under clause 4, none the less—where there is no medical reference whatsoever. It is not a medical definition; it is about a personal process.