Interesting development. The Welsh Government is still breaking the law and the Labour party's own rules which say women are a thing.
Wales-Women’s Rights Network 💜🤍💚🏴
UPDATE
We note the Minister JaneHutt’s response to LauraJ4SWEast
that she has met with groups to discuss the Supreme Court judgment.
We can confirm WRN Wales HAVE recently spoken to her. It was a VERY short meeting. Nothing has changed. Read on 👇
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Laura Anne Jones MS
@LauraJ4SWEast
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Jul 17
🗣️ I pressed the Labour Welsh Government AGAIN on why, after over 3 months, they have not taken any action on the very important Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a women.
🥀I have requested that there is an urgent statement the first week back.
^https://x.com/LauraJ4SWEast/status/1945740583038795956^
Last week we were contacted by her office and agreed to their request for a very short-notice remote meeting via zoom. It was hurriedly arranged.
The reason for this hurry was unclear.
Previous requests for meetings and discussion had fallen on deaf ears.
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Wales-Women’s Rights Network 💜🤍💚🏴
Two members of WRN Wales attended the meeting with the Minister, who was accompanied by five of her team.
The position of WelshGovernment was outlined - to ‘wait’ for the
EHRC
When pressed, it was clear there had been NO ACTION taken in response to the judgment at all.
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When pressed, it was also clear that NO Government policies had been changed, including those allowing access to facilities in the basis of self ID. Their starting point on that was still ‘inclusion’.
And their policy position was still TWAW etc.
WRN Wales reps strongly outlined that:
➡️ The law is clear and must be complied with NOW
➡️ Welsh Govt risk legal action NOW
➡️ ‘Inclusion’ is unlawful with regard to single sex facilities. It discriminates against women and causes self-exclusion
We told the Minister of the threats, abuse, harassment and toxicity that courageous women have faced for speaking up. That those women have been vindicated. They were always right.
That WelshGovernment
should have supported those women and condemning the abuse toward them.
The meeting was essentially a repetition of WelshGovernment
‘waiting’ for the EHRC
.
We said this was kicking the can down the road. The law is clear, it’s always been clear and should be complied with. The Govt are currently in breach.
WRN Wales seized this opportunity in good faith to meet with the Minister.
Previous requests (over several years) had been ignored.
We used the short meeting to make our position clear. The WelshGovernment
position is unacceptable and will be challenged.
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Seven months to the elections for the Senedd. Clock is ticking.