Legislation: Gendered Pronouns - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 3:04 pm ar 25 Mehefin 2018.

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Photo of Lord Lucas Lord Lucas Ceidwadwyr 3:04, 25 Mehefin 2018

My Lords, I am grateful for that Answer, but does my noble friend agree that the drafting guidance, which followed a debate in this Chamber some while ago, is very much a half-way house? We still permit repeated use of the “Secretary of State” and the phrase “he or she”, which is a binary rather than a unitary gender expression. In view of the forthcoming review of the Gender Recognition Act, and the expectation that that will further ease the ability of people to change gender, should we not be reviewing the whole aspect of gender in legislation and in public practice?