A question on #NHS #Staff tabled by Lord Blencathra on 12-05-2025 has been answered by Baroness Merron.

Heading: NHS: Staff
Question ID: 1802134
UIN: HL7365
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-05-12
Asking Member ID: 497
Asking Member display name: Lord Blencathra
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Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, what plans they have to ensure that GP practices, NHS hospitals and clinics have dedicated changing facilities
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Date answered: 2025-06-04
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Answering Member ID: 347
Answering Member display name: Baroness Merron
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Answering Member Twitter reference: Baroness Merron
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Answer text: We have always supported the protection of single-sex spaces based on biological sex. Single-sex spaces are protected in law and will always be protected by the Government.The Supreme Court ruling about the meaning of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 case h...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
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