HL Deb 15 April 1999 vol 599 cc132-3WA
Baroness Gould of Potternewton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What plans the Government has to review the legal status of transsexual people. [HL2027]

The Minister of State, Home Office (Lord Williams of Mostyn)

My officials will chair an inter-departmental working group on transsexuals. This will have the following terms of reference:

"To consider, with particular reference to birth certificates, the need for appropriate legal measures to address the problems experienced by transsexuals, having due regard to scientific and societal developments, and measures undertaken in other countries to deal with this issue."

Membership:

  • Department for Education and Employment
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • Department of Health
  • Home Office
  • Lord Chancellor's Department
  • Office of Law Reform, Northern Ireland
  • Northern Ireland General Register Office
  • Office for National Statistics
  • Scottish Office
  • Scottish General Register Office
  • Department for Social Security
  • Welsh Office.

I have asked the group to report its findings to Ministers by Easter 2000.