Rejected petition: Review the Supreme Court's sex ruling against Parliament's Equality Act record
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Require the Government to review the Supreme Court's interpretation in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 against the parliamentary record for the Gender Recognition Act 2004 and Equality Act 2010, and report its findings to Parliament.
The Supreme Court's 2025 judgment interpreted "sex", "man" and "woman" in the Equality Act 2010 as biological sex and considered section 9 of the Gender Recognition Act 2004. Parliament should examine whether this interpretation reflects the legislation and the parliamentary record when these Acts were passed. We ask the Government to compare the judgment with Hansard, ministerial statements and explanatory material, particularly concerning section 9's "for all purposes" provision.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
The UK Government does not review rulings of the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court is the final court of appeal. The courts are independent of Government, Parliament and other external influence; this is called judicial independence and impartiality.
You can find out about the role of the Supreme Court here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9536/
You may also be interested in this House of Commons Library briefing on the Supreme Court judgment on the meaning of “sex” in the Equality Act 2010: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10259/
You may wish to support one of these petitions:
Disapprove the draft Equality Act 2010 guidance laid on 21 May 2026
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/770527Amend Equality Act so “sex” refers to gender identity, not biological sex
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/780014Review Equality Act 2010 to protect Transgender, Non-binary & Intersex people
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/756041We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.