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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4775", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Elliot Colburn"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1551980", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Women and Equalities"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4653", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Morgan"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1521968/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The relevant protected characteristic in the Equality Act 2010 is \u2018gender reassignment\u2019. The Equality and Human Rights Commission website explains that: \u201cTo be protected from gender reassignment discrimination, you do not need to have undergone any specific treatment or surgery to change from your birth sex to your preferred gender. This is because changing your physiological or other gender attributes is a personal process rather than a medical one. You can be at any stage in the transition process \u2013 from proposing to reassign your gender, to undergoing a process to reassign your gender, or having completed it.\u201d<\/p><p>The Civil Service training course \u2018Inclusion in the Civil Service\u2019 gives an explanation of the Equality Act 2010 as follows:<em> <\/em><\/p><p><em>The Equality Act provides specific protection for people who have the following characteristics:<\/em><\/p><ul><li><em>Age<\/em><\/li><li><em>Disability<\/em><\/li><li><em>Gender reassignment<\/em><\/li><li><em>Marriage and Civil Partnerships<\/em><\/li><li><em>Pregnancy and Maternity<\/em><\/li><li><em>Race<\/em><\/li><li><em>Religion and belief<\/em><\/li><li><em>Sex<\/em><\/li><li><em>Sexual orientation<\/em><\/li><\/ul><p>However, the training does reference \u2018gender identity\u2019 as an area that could lead to discrimination. The current training is shortly being replaced with a new product called \u201cCivil Service Expectations\u201d which will more clearly reflect the legislation.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether gender identity is a protected characteristic and what training material on the Civil Service learning platform for civil servants states that the precise definition of discrimination in the Equality Act 2010 includes gender identity.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/117", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1417547/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government is clear that we want people who are transgender to be able to live their lives as they wish. We believe that the process of legally changing one\u2019s gender is a serious and legally meaningful undertaking which requires appropriate checks and a level of formality.<\/p><p>Home Office policy is to allow a customer to change their gender without requiring a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC), in line with the Equality Act 2010, which does not allow discrimination between people who have changed their gender through medical intervention, for example via surgery, and those who have not.<\/p><p>Statements from medical consultants are accepted if they are registered on a medical website, can provide proof of their medical qualification and HM Passport examiners can verify; if not HM Passport Office examiners request another letter from another medical consultant if the original person cannot meet the necessary criteria.<\/p><p>The Government has begun an internal review into name change more generally. The review is looking at the formal and informal methods by which someone can change their name provide assurance that, where necessary, appropriate safeguards exist.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps the Home Office is taking to close safeguarding loopholes where a name is changed in relation to a change of gender.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4229", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Jenkin of Kennington"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 30 November (HL Deb, col 1274), what is their interpretation of the term 'gender identity'.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4790", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Apsana Begum"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1879", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Lucas"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1197893", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Women and Equalities"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1197893/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>As part of our engagement on the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA), single-sex and separate-sex service providers were asked whether they felt confident interpreting the Equality Act 2010 with regards to providing services for transgender people. Many single-sex service providers reported that they felt confident doing so. We are also aware that others, including some campaign organisations, have highlighted a desire for greater clarity from the Government about the law and guidance in this area. We intend to say more on this when we publish our response to the GRA consultation.<\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1164", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1183445/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>A Gender Recognition Certificate is a private, legal document which a person would not usually be required to produce as a condition of accessing services, in the same way that a person would not usually be asked to produce their birth certificate. If evidence of gender is required to access a service, it will normally be possible to provide it in the form of other documents, for example a driving licence or a passport.<\/p><p>The Equality Act allows service providers to offer services to one sex only, for example men\u2019s or women\u2019s toilets or changing rooms. Transgender people can be excluded from single-sex facilities if service providers have a legitimate reason for doing so and if exclusion is the least discriminatory way to proceed.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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