Written answers : the Home Office
14th April, 1999
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From House of Lords
Hansard 15th April 1999
House of Lords Hansard Written Answers for 15th April 1998
15 Apr 1999 : Column: WA132-133
Transsexuals: Legal Status
Baroness Gould of Potternewton asked Her Majesty’s Government:
What plans the Government has to review the legal status of transsexual people.[HL2027]
The Minister of State, Home Office (Lord Williams of Mostyn):
My officials will chair an inter-departmental working group on transsexuals. This will have the following terms of reference:
“To consider, with particular reference to birth certificates, the need for appropriate legal measures to address the problems experienced by transsexuals, having due regard to scientific and societal developments, and measures undertaken in other countries to deal with this issue.”
Membership:
Department for Education & Employment
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Department of Health
Home Office
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Office of Law Reform, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland General Register Office
Office for National Statistics
Scottish Office
Scottish General Register Office
Department for Social Security
Welsh Office
I have asked the Group to report its findings to Ministers by Easter 2000.
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