This is from the Amber Rudd interview this Sunday on the Andrew Marr show:
Marr: Now there’s the Gender Recognition Act coming up as well, are you as enthusiastic as Justin Greening was?
Rudd: Well, we are going to be consulting on the GRA, seeing how far we need to go with it. I saw today that Women’s Aid are going to be reviewing their arrangements for allowing transgender people to work in women only spaces, I think this a very sensitive issue, I want to consider it very carefully. We will be consulting on seeing what changes we need to make, if any.
Marr: What about transgender people going into women’s prisons for instance?
Rudd: Yes, again, that is something we need to look at very carefully. I want to make sure transgender women are treated with respect and properly and are always safe. At the same time I want to protect women’s safe spaces, which is why it is right that Women’s Aid are reviewing their own arrangements at the moment and maybe we can learn from them.
Marr: And what would you say to women, including many feminists, who look at what’s happening in the Women’s Aid situation for instance and are alarmed and worried about the possibility of people who are not yet biologically fully women being in charge of those places?
Rudd: I, I, I mean, I, I hear them, and I would say let’s look and wait and see what happens with Women’s Aid, let’s look at the review they’re having, let’s make sure we don’t rush to judgement but above all the exception within the Equality Act for only women working in women safe spaces is not going to be touched.
From what Amber Rudd says it seems they will likely follow suit with the outcome of the WA review. Anyone know when the review findings are expected??