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23 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Thread. Yesterday Lords debated the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, including amendment that to record the sex and acquired gender of alleged victims and perpetrators of crime 1/4 hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2021-11-…
We dispute government position from Baroness Williams, that recording sex of perpetrators would be unlawful. 2/4
We commissioned legal opinion on this issue which we shared with EHRC and other interested bodies 3/4 womansplaceuk.org/2020/12/11/ehr…
We have now written to Baroness Williams to underline the lawfulness of collecting data on sex, to aid policymaking and to uphold public sector equality duty. 4/4

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23 Nov
An anniversary thread

Today marks four years since our first meeting in Cambridge, 23rd November 2017.

Even at this very first event, we had to overcome significant and sustained attempts to obstruct our organising. /1

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We decided to invite her to speak in Cambridge and we were honoured when she agreed. /2
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Helen Steel had been threatened at the Anarchist Bookfair. /3

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