Submissions
including letters and consultation responses sent by Sex Matters
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Letter to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
We wrote to Peter Kyle MP on 18th May 2025 to flag three key problems with the reassurances he...
19th May 2025
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Another letter to the Health and Safety Executive
We wrote to the HSE in February 2025 expressing concern about the lack of clear guidance on single-sex facilities...
15th May 2025
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Letter to the Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation
Sex Matters wrote to Lord Vallance about comments he made in the House of Lords debate on amendments to...
13th May 2025
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Letter to Stonewall CEO and chair
We wrote to Simon Blake OBE, CEO of Stonewall, and Cat Dixon, its chair, to point out that by...
2nd May 2025
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Letter to the chief executive of the NHS Confederation
We wrote to Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, asking him to withdraw guidance that encourages NHS...
2nd May 2025
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Letter to the CEO of NHS England and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Letter to Sir James Mackey, CEO of NHS England – copied to Wes Streeting MP, Secretary of State for...
30th April 2025
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Letter to Karen Adam MSP
We have written to express our concerns about the Equality Network’s submission to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil...
28th April 2025
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Letter to the Prime Minister
We wrote to Keir Starmer after the Supreme Court judgment on 16th April 2025 to ask him to take...
22nd April 2025
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Submissions for the preliminary hearing on 15th April 2025 of Sandie Peggie v Fife Health Board and Dr Beth Upton
Submissions from Sex Matters, For Women Scotland, Murray Blackburn Mackenzie and Tribunal Tweets on the respondents’ application to restrict...
15th April 2025
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Letter to Nick Goodwin, Chief Executive of His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service
Letter sharing observations about recent employment tribunals using the Cloud Video Platform system, from MurrayBlackburnMackenzie, For Women Scotland, Sex...
9th April 2025
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Letter to the Health and Safety Executive
We wrote to Sarah Albon, the chief executive of the HSE, to express concern about the lack of clear...
26th February 2025
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Letter to Neil Gray MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Scotland
Sex Matters, Murray Blackburn Mackenzie, For Women Scotland and Fair Play For Women wrote urging Gray to take action...
18th February 2025
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Input to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
Our January 2025 submission to the UN’s Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as it considers the response...
11th February 2025
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Letter to Stonewall about its revised definition of “transphobia”.
Sex Matters has written to Stonewall’s CEO to applaud him for taking the brave step of discarding the previous...
3rd February 2025
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Game On – community and school sport: Culture, Media and Sport committee inquiry
Sex Matters’ contribution to the inquiry being undertaken by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee to examine the health...
30th January 2025
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Response to EHRC strategy
We respond to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s draft strategic plan for 2025 to 2028 to thank the...
4th October 2024
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Submission to the Meta Oversight Board
Sex Matters responded to the Meta Oversight Board’s call for public comments on how the company handles complaints about...
12th September 2024
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Letter to the Prime Minister: five tests for legislation to ban conversion practices
Alongside other organisations, we wrote to Keir Starmer to ask him to commit to five tests that must be...
11th July 2024
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NHS Constitution 10-year review: response to the consultation
As part of the 2024 10-year review of the NHS Constitution, new provisions have been proposed on sex and...
26th June 2024
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Letter to Gavin Stephens, National Police Chiefs’ Council
From Sex Matters, Women’s Rights Network and LGB Alliance. “We will not take part in a consultation process designed...
10th June 2024
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Response to Department for Education consultation on national minimum standards for further education residential accommodation
Aims to align the standards with the position on residential accommodation being consulted on in the draft "Gender Questioning...
4th April 2024
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Submission to the Scottish Government consultation on ending conversion practices in Scotland
Sex Matters’ response to the Scottish Government’s consultation.
2nd April 2024
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Input to the report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls
For the UN General Assembly on violence against women and girls in sport. Sent with Fair Play For Women's...
31st March 2024
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What does the law say about “gender-questioning children” in schools?
An analysis of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s response to the Department for Education’s draft guidance for schools...
21st March 2024
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Response to Department for Education draft guidance for schools on gender-questioning children
Our final response (after our draft response) to the DfE’s draft guidance for consultation, published in December 2023. See...
14th March 2024
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Threats, reprisals and intimidation against the EHRC and those who stand up for sex-based rights in Britain
We prepared this detailed submission to accompany our letter to GANHRI (the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions)...
5th February 2024
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Letter to GANHRI, January 2024
We wrote to GANHRI, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Special Rapporteurs on violence...
5th February 2024
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Sex Matters’ draft response to the Department for Education consultation on guidance for schools on gender-questioning children
Draft version for feedback – read the DfE draft guidance for consultation.
1st February 2024
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Letter to Network Rail
We wrote to Andrew Haines, CEO of Network Rail and its chair Sir Peter Hendy about the political display...
28th January 2024
