Labor would not amend the Equality Act if elected because there are already provisions to protect single-sex spaces, shadow defense secretary John Healey has said.
Speaking to Times Radio, Mr Healey said: “We will not want to amend the Act, it's not needed. The Act, incidentally, was a Labor Act in 2010, that was opposed by the Tories, but it already provides protections for single- sex spaces for biological women.
“It already provides a definition of a woman, and sex and gender are different. What is needed is clearer guidance for service providers, from the NHS to sports bodies, and in prisons, on what single-sex exemptions need to be, and the The best way to be able to do that is in guidance, not primary legislation.
“The Government has had 14 years to do that and it hasn't. This, to be honest, is a distraction from the election campaign, where most people want to hear why the cost-of-living pressures are so great, what the The Tories are going to do, and what Labor is going to do, to try and help make life more affordable and Britain better.”