Candidates: Women
Commons · Question 55456 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Women and Equalities · Official record
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Christine Jardine
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd (Appellant) v The Scottish Ministers (Respondent) [2025] UKSC 16 on political parties’ use of all-wo
Answer
Answered by Dame Nia Griffith, 9 Jun 2025
The Supreme Court Judgment was clear that for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010, biological sex determines whether a person is a woman or not. Accordingly, in relation to the Equality Act 2010’s provisions allowing political parties to use all-women s...