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Ruling on ‘woman’ definition at odds with UK Equality Act’s aim, says ex-civil servant

Giving trans women same sex discrimination rights as biological women was ‘clear premise’, says key figure

A former civil servant who played a key role in drafting the Equality Act has said the supreme court’s ruling about the legal definition of a woman contradicted the act’s original intentions.

Melanie Field, who oversaw its drafting and passage through Westminster in 2010, said the legislation was meant to give transgender people with gender recognition certificates the same legal status as biological men or women.

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