Overview

• Visitors to the House of Commons, House of Lords and Portcullis House must now use toilets aligned with their biological sex or choose gender-neutral facilities.
• Employment policies remain unchanged, allowing trans staff to continue using facilities that match their gender identity.
• Advocacy groups such as TransLucent have condemned the move as a breach of human rights that will cause distress and anxiety among trans visitors.
• Scotland’s parliament introduced a similar rule earlier this month that critics described as rushed, unworkable and exclusionary.
• The Equality and Human Rights Commission is consulting on its interim guidance until June 30, with final rules due before Parliament’s summer recess in July.