Kishwer Falkner tells MPs current law has lack of clarity, and outdated terminology should be removed
Ministers should clarify the Equality Act to make the difference between biological sex and gender clearer, the head of Britain’s equality watchdog has told MPs, in order to bring “rationalisations, simplifications and clarity” to the legislation.
Kishwer Falkner, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, said the commission’s board had looked at between 150 and 200 pages of advice and spent more than 11 hours discussing the subject, before sending a 19-page letter setting out its position to the equalities minister, Kemi Badenoch.
