Question follow-through · 2061

Women

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government plans to amend the legal definition of what a woman is.

answeredWomen and Equalities

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Answering body: Women and Equalities
Tabled: 29 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2024
Answer: 6 Sept 2024 · 39 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

29 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government plans to amend the legal definition of what a woman is.
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Sept 2024
Answer published
We are proud of the Equality Act and the rights and protections it affords women. The Government does not plan to amend legal definitions in the act.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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