New commissioners appointed to EHRC

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The newly-appointed EHRC Commissioners are:

• Martyn Jones JP DL: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager at South Wales Police and Interim Chair of the EHRC Wales Committee. A Deputy Lieutenant of Mid Glamorgan, he was previously CEO of Learning Disability Wales, CEO of Diverse Cymru, and a Presiding Justice.
• David Carrigan: Has over 25 years of experience in equality, human rights, and social mobility across sectors including housing, policing, media, and technology. Roles include Group Director at Sky, Director at Live Nation, and leadership positions at Citizens Advice and the Homes and Communities Agency.
• Polly Neate: A cross-bench peer in the House of Lords. She is a coach and strategic advisor. Formerly, she was CEO of Shelter and Women’s Aid. Polly has experience in housing, homelessness, and women’s issues. She is a trustee for the Young Women’s Trust and Women in Sport.
• Jemima Olchawski: Executive Director of Social Impact at Mind. Formerly CEO of the Fawcett Society and CEO of Agenda, she served as a member of the Ministry of Justice’s Advisory Board on Female Offenders and led the campaign for the Workers Protection Act.
• Sunder Katwala: Has over 25 years of experience in think tanks, journalism, and publishing. He is the Director of British Future, a charity and think tank focused on identity, race, and immigration. He previously led the Fabian Society and worked at The Observer and Foreign Policy Centre.
• Susan Kemp: An international lawyer and adviser with experience at the Scottish Human Rights Commission. Her background includes work with the UN, civil society, and international organisations on rule of law and human rights issues.

Full press release https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-commissioners-appointed-to-ehrc

To be fair, it really is very simple:

1. nobody can change sex
2. if anything is single-sex (because there's a proportionate and legitimate reason for this) you're not allowed in the one that's for the opposite sex

Applies to changing rooms, sports, associations etc etc.

At this point anyway, if the guidance ever does come out, case law has moved on and it will be obsolete.

Reform are obviously not going to do anything on day 1, that's empty bragging echoing their role model Trump. We're not the US and any legislation they want to repeal or enact will need to go through normal drafting and parliamentary processes. The most they're going to do is put it in the first kings speech.

Not that that's much comfort, I hope they're never in the position to try. Come /on/ labour, you're looking increasingly silly and the opposition aren't so very incompetent as to miss an open goal.

Urghhhhh. I can see it all now.....

After previously saying that the 6 new EHRC commissioners would get all the updated guidance, including the long-awaited services guidance, out in early 2027, Phillipson said "We recognise that case law has moved on since we started our final review. It's important to get this right, so we're doing a systematic review of all relevant case law and expect to have the guidance out as early as 2030"