Liberal Democrats: policy on rights of transsexual people
Details of motion passed at Liberal Democrat conference
24th September 1998
The following details of the motion carried at the Liberal Democrats’ Conference were obtained from the Liberal Democrat’s website. The amendment below was pased with overwhelming support, and is now official party policy.
(CMcN, 1998-09-25)
Agenda Item F38 - Moving Ahead: Home AffairsPolicy Motion - Federal Policy Committee Mover: Rt Hon Alan Beith MP (Leader of Parliamentary Home Affairs Team) Summation: Hon Susan Baring Conference endorses the Home Affairs Section of Moving Ahead - Towards a Citizens’ Britain as a statement of the Party’s key policies on Home Affairs. In particular, Conference endorses the proposals to: [section deleted] 5. Protect civil rights by: a) Ensuring equal treatment before the law for all citizens. b) Reforming or repealing current powers which undermine essential civil liberties, such as introducing full judicial oversight of police use of intrusive surveillance. c) Opposing the introduction of compulsory national identity cards. Amendment 1DELGA Mover: Jackie Ballard MP Insert new clause 5 d): 5 d) Ensuring that the civil rights of transsexual people are fully protected in United Kingdom law. In the first instance this should be achieved by protecting their privacy and personal history. This would replace the current situation where many agencies can require disclosure by transsexual people of facts which are not material to their immediate situation. As an immediate practical step towards this, we would introduce legislation to permit the alteration of gender on birth certificates. |