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Jake @jake2500.com · 2h

Oh, you said supportive. Lord Cashman?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael...

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Jake @jake2500.com · 2h

Lord Collins?

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Jake @jake2500.com · 2h

Falkner said "We were asked to provide the EIA last Friday. We provided it to the Government on Monday".

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Jake @jake2500.com · 4h

I was under the same impression.

@ajlanes.bsky.social corrected me and she pointed me to the relevant part of The Equality Act, which does seem to say calendar days.

Alexandra Lanes @ajlanes.bsky.social · 5h

She is right. Except for recesses of more than four days, it is calendar days. (Equalitytt Act 2006 ss. 14(8) and 15(2) )

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Jake @jake2500.com · 5h

You're welcome 🫡

I only caught it by chance. Definitely a few useful nuggets about what's going on there.

Also interesting to see where some Lords stand on this.

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Jake @jake2500.com · 5h

Yeah, I didn't expect Conservative Peer Viscount Hailsham to have one of the most compassionate points/questions.

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Jake @jake2500.com · 6h

Apparently The Government asked the EHRC for the equality impact assessment and got it on Monday. Also Falkner says in the House of Lords that parliament only gets "40 calendar days" not 40 sitting days to consider the code when it is laid before parliament.

Jake @jake2500.com · 6h

It's been a fast news day. Oral Questions in the House of Lords today about the code of practice and the EHRC's letter.

There was some news revealed. The Minister for Women and Equalities has asked the EHRC for more information about their draft code of practice (15:42:00 below).

Link to Qs

Parliamentlive.tv

House of Lords

parliamentlive.tv

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Jake @jake2500.com · 6h

Some things have been said by The Government in The House of Lords on this topic! The Government asked for the Equality Impact Assessment and got it on Monday.

Jake @jake2500.com · 6h

It's been a fast news day. Oral Questions in the House of Lords today about the code of practice and the EHRC's letter.

There was some news revealed. The Minister for Women and Equalities has asked the EHRC for more information about their draft code of practice (15:42:00 below).

Link to Qs

Parliamentlive.tv

House of Lords

parliamentlive.tv

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Jake @jake2500.com · 6h

Falkner even intervenes herself saying that parliament has "40 calendar days" to consider the code when it is laid before parliament.

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Jake @jake2500.com · 6h

It's been a fast news day. Oral Questions in the House of Lords today about the code of practice and the EHRC's letter.

There was some news revealed. The Minister for Women and Equalities has asked the EHRC for more information about their draft code of practice (15:42:00 below).

Link to Qs

Parliamentlive.tv

House of Lords

parliamentlive.tv

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Jake @jake2500.com · 7h

It sure is a concern!

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Jake @jake2500.com · 8h

Interesting the EHRC has written to the minister asking that they lay the new code before parliament and withdraw the 2011 code. Presumably the 2011 code is still in force and can be relied on as part of EqA 2006 s 15(4)(b).
archive.ph/9Gtdm

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Jake @jake2500.com · 1d

It's not a perfect solution, but that's the reason a GRC amends a birth certificate.

It's like they have no idea 😡

Jake @jake2500.com · 1d

Does the EHRC lawyer not understand how the GRA works?

This argument would render a GRC & GRA meaningless in all cases. It ignores the obvious fact that you can in principle establish most people's "certified sex" w/o breaching confidentially by looking at their (maybe amended) birth certificate.