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Sex Matters are asking you to email your MP this weekend

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PachacutisBadAuntie · 31/10/2025 18:03

Re the delay in publishing the EHRC guidance. Can't see a thread on this yet, please do email if you can.

sex-matters.org/take-action/write-to-your-mp-the-government-must-stand-up-for-womens-rights/

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PachacutisBadAuntie · 09/11/2025 13:06

NoWordForFluffy · 09/11/2025 12:20

Has anybody had a response from a Labour MP yet, or has their comms team not drafted one for them yet?

Mine's Labour and has replied (see above) but it does sound rather like a Comms team standard reply...

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OnAShooglyPeg · 09/11/2025 12:49

Mine neither. I was going to give it another week and then chase it up. His platform is mostly workers' rights, although mainly on protecting manufacturing-type jobs, so I'll be interested to see how he tries to spin it.

OpheliaWitchoftheWoods · 09/11/2025 12:47

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334bu · 09/11/2025 12:38

My Labour MP hasn't even acknowledged my email.

DuesToTheDirt · 09/11/2025 12:23

I'm still waiting for my Labour MP to reply, or even to acknowledge my email.

NoWordForFluffy · 09/11/2025 12:20

Has anybody had a response from a Labour MP yet, or has their comms team not drafted one for them yet?

SaffyWall · 08/11/2025 16:26

@PachacutisBadAuntie It's from Kevin Hollinrake - so you are very correct!

PachacutisBadAuntie · 08/11/2025 16:07

@SaffyWall that does sound like they wrote it themselves and it's very straight talking. Don't feel obliged to confirm but I'm going to guess that they're a Conservative! Or Rosie Duffield.

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SaffyWall · 08/11/2025 15:41

I've had a response from my MP - I didn't really expect to hear back so quickly (the typos lead me to believe that this is a personal reply rather than a c&p mailout, but maybe not!) Very interesting....

"Thank you for contacting me about the Supreme Court’s ruling on For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers.

The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex, concluding that the ‘concept of sex is binary.’ This comes after Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish Government had argued that transgender people with a gender recognition certificate should be afforded the same sex-based protections as biological women.

Saying ‘trans-women are women’ is not true in law. I do not believe that you can change your biological sex. Unfortunately, we now face a Government that cannot define a woman and has spent years battling against common sense.

Since the original Sipreme Court ruling ruling, I have asked numerous written Parliamentary Questions of different Government Departments, asking them to make the necessary changes to their policies and practices to uphold single-sex spaces.

Please be assured that I will be holding the Government’s feet to the fire on this ruling so that they do what is necessary, not what is on trend.

Thank you again for taking the time to write to me."

lcakethereforeIam · 08/11/2025 11:57

It is rather terse.

PachacutisBadAuntie · 08/11/2025 08:58

I had a reply! It's quite short:

"Dear Ms (PBA),

Thank you for your email regarding the Supreme Court’s judgment in For Women Scotland v The Lord Advocate and Scottish Ministers and your concerns about single-sex spaces.

The Government is implementing the law as clarified by the Supreme Court, and the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities reiterated this commitment in the House of Commons earlier this week. As your Member of Parliament, I will always support the principle that we must follow the law and ensure that everyone’s rights are respected and protected.

Thank you again for taking the time to write and share your views.

Yours sincerely,"

At least I was addressed correctly. But can anyone else hear the gritted teeth, or am I imagining it?

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SirHectorDoolittle · 07/11/2025 20:53

Done. Thank you!

moto748e · 07/11/2025 20:45

This is where we are now? It's crazy, isn't it, that organs of the State have to be badgered and bullied into obeying the law of the land.

ICouldHaveCheckedFirst · 07/11/2025 20:43

@IcakethereforeIam- well done getting a response, however useless. I emailed my LD MP 4 days ago, and haven't had a reply. Last time I wrote, she didn't reply either. I'm in Scotland. I live in hope (not really).

IwantToRetire · 07/11/2025 19:01

See all ACT steps to take https://sex-matters.org/posts/tag/time-to-act/

IwantToRetire · 07/11/2025 19:00

Need to get your fingers on the keyboard again. Sex Matters thinks there are other things you need to tell your MP!

Tell the civil service to follow the law across the government’s own operations and buildings
https://sex-matters.org/posts/updates/its-time-to-tell-the-civil-service-to-follow-the-law/

lcakethereforeIam · 07/11/2025 12:02

PachacutisBadAuntie · 05/11/2025 17:57

🤣 please do it!

I'll hopefully have some time next week and I will send another email. I hope other users will get their replies rolling in soon.

FranticFrankie · 07/11/2025 11:58

No answer or acknowledgement from MP as yet
DH always gets a reply to his emails 😠

PachacutisBadAuntie · 05/11/2025 17:57

🤣 please do it!

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lcakethereforeIam · 05/11/2025 09:50

His initial is T! How appropriate.

PachacutisBadAuntie · 05/11/2025 09:42

@lcakethereforeIam maybe it's the latest form of inclusivity, you could always return the favour 😁

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lcakethereforeIam · 05/11/2025 00:19

My God, swap LD for Labour and you could be me.

If I can find the energy I might write back to my MP. If only to find out why he thinks it's okay to address me by my first...initial.

PachacutisBadAuntie · 04/11/2025 23:02

lcakethereforeIam · 04/11/2025 22:32

My previous MPs would always reply, even to emails, by HoC letter which always took a bit longer. Considering how much postage is I thinks it's sensible to reply electronically and it definitely speeds things up. If your MP is still old school, it will take a little longer.

My previous MP was a Conservative and did just that, and always agreed with me, hence why I voted for her in the last election, despite voting Tory being previously unthinkable (Thatcher and all that). The Labour replacement is a dead ringer for Lloyd Russell-Moyle and has only replied by email to one of my emails, seemingly on an entirely unrelated subject. So I think he might be more new school 😁

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lcakethereforeIam · 04/11/2025 22:32

My previous MPs would always reply, even to emails, by HoC letter which always took a bit longer. Considering how much postage is I thinks it's sensible to reply electronically and it definitely speeds things up. If your MP is still old school, it will take a little longer.

PachacutisBadAuntie · 04/11/2025 22:19

At least you've got a reply @lcakethereforeIam I've not even had an auto reply. It's all bit early stages of 'trying to appear reasonable' though isn't it?

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