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date	05/07/2021
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Government departments treat any of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010, excluding disability, as taking precedence over any other.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 does not recognise any precedence of rights beyond the special circumstances of disability. However, in situations where there are multiple protected characteristics to be considered, Government Departments, like other employers or service providers, need to take decisions based on the facts.</p><p>Where the relevant conditions apply, Departments may also choose to take targeted action to advance the interests of and/or meet the specific needs of groups with a particular protected characteristic in accordance with the positive action provisions in the Act.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 19/07/2021 16:37:58 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1259493

registered interest
date	08/12/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Transgender People: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they undertook any review in 2018 into the reasons for the increase in the number of girls seeking gender reassignment; and if so, what was the outcome of that review.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL11215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2020 answer text <p>The work by the Government Equalities Office has been superceded by NHS England commissioning an independent review into adolescent transgender healthcare, led by Dr Hilary Cass. One of the issues it will consider is the increase in the number of adolescents seeking the use of gender identity services.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 23/12/2020 10:31:51 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1250550

registered interest
date	10/11/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality Act 2010
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to amend the Equality Act 2010 as to change the protected characteristic of "sex" to "gender".
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL10165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to do this.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 23/11/2020 11:58:03 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath