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House of Commons written answers, 14 April 1999

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Lynne Jones MP
(Lab, Birmingham Selly Oak)

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Written answers : the Home Office

14th April, 1999

The Home Office used a written answer to a question asked by Dr Lynne Jones MP (Labour, Birmingham Selly Oak), to announce the establishment of an inter-departmental working group to investigate the status of trans people.


From House of Commons Hansard
Written Answers: 14th April 1999

HOME OFFICE

14 Apr 1999 : Column: 257

Transsexuals

Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the government has to review the legal status of transsexual people. [81107]

Mr. Straw: 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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