Debate contribution: Supreme Court Ruling: Female-only Prisons

Debate contribution by Mr Brian Kingston on 29 April 2025.

MLA: Mr Brian Kingston
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 29 April 2025
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Supreme Court Ruling: Female-only Prisons
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 4922115

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It is important for the public, and relevant for them, to seek clarity on the matter. This is not to dismiss the needs of trans people and seeing what is appropriate for them, but does the Minister also recognise her responsibility to respect and protect single-sex spaces, particularly for women? In light of the Supreme Court ruling, will she commit to agreeing that biological males should not be accommodated in designated female-only prison accommodation? That is what the public want to hear.

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 1263/22-27.

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