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15 Nov, 9 tweets, 7 min read
Thread on Peers in action today in support of 3 gender critical amendments in Lords Committee Stage of Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill.
Watch live soon after 4.30pm.
First up #Amendment214 #KeepPrisonsSingleSex - Lords Blencathra, Morrow & Farmer
bills.parliament.uk/bills/2839/sta…
Next up #Amendment219A #SexNotGender which calls for delay to insertion "or gender" into legislation on Misogyny/Hate Crime until the Law Commission reports on its review
With Sheila Noakes @1SVN, @LordPhilofBrum, Baroness Ludford & Baroness Grey-Thompson
bills.parliament.uk/bills/2839/sta…
Then late this eve #Amendment221ZA #SexNotGender
Lord Sandhurst will suggest changes to bring wording of Amendment 221 in line with #EA2010
'Leave out “gender & ethnic background” & insert “disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief & sex” '
bills.parliament.uk/bills/2839/sta…
Peers supporting #Amendment214 #KeepPrisonsSingleSex have this letter in today's @Telegraph.
Watch today's debates on all 3 amendments above on parliamentlive.tv/event/index/51…
We'll post in this thread when time of each amendment debate is known + upload videos to our Youtube channel
More gender critical amendments in forthcoming Lords c'ttee stages include #Amendment292G
"Recording the sex & acquired gender of alleged victims & perpetrators of crimes", supported by Lord Wasserman, Bns Ludford, Bns Morris of Yardley & Bns Grey-Thompson
bills.parliament.uk/bills/2839/sta…
Looks like #Amendment214 will now be debated after 9pm tonight, to be followed very soon by #Amendment219219A and then directly by #Amendment221ZA.
Lord Blencathra proposing Amendment 214 now.
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/51…
#Amendment214 started at 9.04pm. Recommend winding back to that time and watching
#KeepPrisonsSingleSex
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/51…
Amendment 219 now being introduced by @baronessnewlove.
#Amendment219A and @BaronessNoakes next up on danger of the insertion of "or gender".
#SexNotGender

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