Minister blames 'slow' EHRC for trans guidance delay

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Asked why the publication of the guidance had been delayed, Phillipson told the BBC: "I asked the EHRC for information that I needed to inform that decision.

"That unfortunately was slow in being forthcoming."

She added: "I asked for the information you would expect routinely as part of this process, for example an equalities impact assessment, that the EHRC just checks that this doesn't mean a burden on business.

"This doesn't have to be a long and drawn out process. I'm determined to do this properly but I absolutely am committed to making sure that women, whether it's in rape crises centres, women's refuges, or in access to other provisions and accommodations, have got what they need to feel safe."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr4k61dqnzlo

BP was outraged by that suggestion on the TV show. Let's see how things unfold if the leadership contest comes to pass 😆

yeah bandwagons are for sure very popular - Palestine is (and I am not trying to be blase or cruel or whatever here) - far away and involves little kids being murdered. I just can't see the same level of conviction about ensuring dodgy men can go in womens spaces - its very un-British. Although I am constantly befuddled as to why some organisations are so hooked on it.

As for all the heinous abuse and everything else that is wreaked upon women, I am not at all convinced these people actually vote. They are so damn entitled I imagine it would seem beneath them. To argue the other side, maybe Labour are terrified they'll all vote Green and then they'll be out (they have already started cancelling local elections!).

As my garbled posts show, none of this makes any logical sense.

Not unexpected, but just part of the dirty politics of the Labour Party.

They implied it before now Phillipson is basically saying the problem was Lady Falkner.

Labour women really are the lowest of the low, particularly towards other women:

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Ms Phillipson admitted there were “difficulties in the past” in the Government’s relationship with the equalities watchdog but backed Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, its new chairman.

She continued: “We have a new chair that has taken up [her] post at the EHRC. I think she is going to do a fantastic job, and I have every confidence in her.

“We have experienced difficulties in the past. I’ll be up front about that. I hope now we can move into a phase where we can crack on.

On departing her post last month, Baroness Falkner claimed Labour had “completely abandoned” women over issues including trans rights because ministers were “terrified of their MPs”.

She also claimed Sir Keir Starmer’s Government had failed to stand up for “oppressed and vulnerable” women and girls over the issue of grooming gangs.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/01/08/dont-blame-me-phillipson-trans-guidance-delays-drags-on/

Can be read in full at https://archive.is/Y2yFR

Put BP and Baroness Falkner side by side, and I know who is vastly the most impressive woman. You've got some front, Bridget, I'll give you that!

I thought Phillipson was being a real bitch to say that about Baroness Falkner - a woman who stayed at her post through vile abuse from TRAs, while undergoing treatment for cancer, because she felt honour bound to see this guidance through to the finish with the aim of bringing clarity to, and undoing an incorrect (and damaging) interpretation of, the law.

Phillipson should be ashamed to get on her moral high horse when criticised about her shoddy behaviour - she hasn't half the honour and diligence that Falkner showed during her tenure at the EHRC.

Agree. Phillipson is awful.

Given how much proposed statutory guidance Phillipson is sitting on at the minute, she's basically a glorified paperweight 🙄

Baroness Spielman (formerly Ofsted) in the Times:
https://www.thetimes.com/article/7cfb80b5-b8d7-4159-8d31-41a4cc00f80f?shareToken=eb9c61605c3a27888eb02d29003da60e

“According to Spielman, Badenoch, now Tory leader, wanted to “get the guidance out”, but Keegan was “nervous about pushback from lobby groups and potentially from the school sector”.”

Why are they not worried about the pushback from people who believe in biology?

I think we need to get a letter writing campaign underway. All with the same coloured envelopes so they can’t deny the deluge