SCECLB204 Geraldine Gallagher
What are your views on the general principles of the Bill and
the need for legislation to deliver the Welsh Government’s
stated policy objective (to make the Senedd a more effective
legislature by ensuring it is broadly representative of the gender
make-up of the population)?
Allowing males to self id as women will do
nothing to make it more representative. Women's places must be
given to biological women only.
What are your views on the system of enforcement and potential
sanctions for non-compliance proposed in the Bill?
No man should be allowed to self id into a
woman's place.
Are there any potential barriers to the implementation of the
Bill’s provisions? If so, what are they, and are they
adequately taken into account in the Bill and the accompanying
Explanatory Memorandum and Regulatory Impact Assessment?
The barriers are that you will end up with a
Senedd full of men, who know nothing and care less about the issues
facing women and girls.
Are any unintended consequences likely to arise from the
Bill?
A Senned full of men.
What are your views on the Welsh Government’s assessment
of the financial and other impacts of the Bill?
What are your views on the balance between the information
contained on the face of the Bill and what is left to subordinate
legislation? Are the powers for Welsh Ministers to make subordinate
legislation appropriate?
Are the population aware that you intend to
allow men to say they are women and take women's places?
Do you have any views on matters relating to the legislative
competence of the Senedd including compatibility with the European
Convention on Human Rights?
The EHRC protects biological sex. Women's
places are for biological women only, otherwise it is
discrimination.
Do you have any views on matters related to the quality of the
legislation, or to the constitutional or other implications of the
Bill?
The self id element needs to be scrapped.
Are there any other issues that you would like to raise about
the Bill and the accompanying Explanatory Memorandum or any related
matters?
Anything else?
Biological sex is immutable