During Spokesperson’s Questions, the Welsh Conservatives have challenged the Labour Government’s approach to equality policy, calling for the LGBTQ+ Action Plan to be scrapped.
Speaking in the Senedd, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Dr Altaf Hussain MS, criticised the plan for “muddying the waters” between sexual orientation and gender identity, and questioned why the Labour Government continues to ignore the recent Supreme Court ruling on transgender individuals and safe spaces.
Commenting after Spokesperson’s Questions, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Social justice, Dr Altaf Hussain MS, said:
“The Labour Government’s LGBTQ+ Action Plan, as currently drafted, states that ‘trans women are women’, but the law disagrees.
“The Welsh Labour Government is hiding behind EHRC guidance, when what is needed are clear instructions to all public bodies in Wales that single-sex spaces must not be used by the opposite sex.
“That is why the Welsh Conservatives are clear; it is time to rip up the LGBTQ+ action plan and ensure Welsh policy follows the law as set out by the Supreme Court.”
