Kemi Badenoch says her position on gender recognition has been “vindicated” by yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling. The Conservative Party leader also says equality laws should now be reviewed to ensure they prevent discrimination rather than being used for social engineering.
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00:00The Supreme Court judgment is a vindication of so much that I fought for.
00:05Biological sex is real.
00:07A gender recognition certificate is there to show that someone is now transgender,
00:11but that doesn't change their biology.
00:13So we need to make sure that the law is clear and that public bodies follow the law,
00:18not guidance from organizations that don't understand it.
00:21I think that a review of Equality Acts and the Gender Recognition Act is a good idea.
00:27These laws were written 20 years ago plus when the world was different.
00:32A lot of people are trying to change what the law means.
00:36The Supreme Court has given a judgment, but I think that we need to update those laws
00:39to ensure that they are there to prevent discrimination, not for social engineering.