"In a private letter to the business secretary, Peter Kyle, the MPs said they had been contacted by large numbers of firms that were deeply alarmed at the implications of the guidance, citing significant potential costs and a minefield of competing legal rights. Ministers are still considering the final guidance, drafted by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), so it is not yet public."
"The interim advice, which was withdrawn last week, said the supreme court ruling meant transgender people should not be allowed to use toilets meant for the gender they live as, and that in some cases they could not use toilets consistent with their birth sex. Transgender groups and some MPs expressed alarm at the advice, saying it would in effect exclude trans people from much of the public realm."
Dozens of Labour MPs have written to the business secretary, Peter Kyle, reporting that many firms are deeply alarmed by proposed regulations on implementing gender recognition rules. The final guidance, drafted by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), remains under ministerial consideration and is not yet public. The EHRC’s interim advice, since withdrawn, interpreted a supreme court ruling to limit access to gendered toilets for transgender people, prompting alarm from transgender groups and some MPs. Nearly 50 Labour backbenchers warned that businesses fear service disruption, significant costs and a legal compliance minefield if balancing rights is left to firms.
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