Letters
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Letter to the Minister for Women and Equalities about the EHRC guidance
Sex Matters wrote to Bridget Phillipson MP to raise our concerns about the fact that the new code of...
22nd May 2026
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Second letter to Marks & Spencer (M&S)
We replied to Nick Folland, general counsel for Marks & Spencer, to say that he seemed to be misinformed...
12th March 2026
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Response from Marks & Spencer (M&S)
Nick Folland, general counsel for Marks & Spencer, replied to our letter of 9th March 2026 about its fitting-room...
12th March 2026
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Letter to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency about Professor George
Sex Matters wrote to Lawrence Tallon, chief executive, and Professor Anthony Harnden, chair, of the MHRA, to urge them...
12th March 2026
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Letter to Marks & Spencer (M&S)
We wrote to Marks & Spencer chair Archie Norman, chief executive Stuart Machin and general counsel Nick Folland about...
9th March 2026
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Letter to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Sex Matters wrote to the chief executive of the MHRA, Lawrence Tallon, to raise concerns about whether parents and...
25th February 2026
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Letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Sex Matters wrote again to the Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP about the planned puberty-blocker trial for gender-questioning children.
19th February 2026
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Reply from the Cabinet Office on civil-service policy
We wrote on 17th November 2025 asking for the withdrawal of the model policy that allows employees to access...
15th January 2026
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Letter to the Prime Minister on single-sex services
On the fiftieth anniversary of the Sex Discrimination Act, we wrote to Keir Starmer to ask for the civil...
29th December 2025
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Briefing note on BBC bias to the Culture, Media and Sport committee
Sex Matters sent this briefing to members of the government’s Culture, Media and Sport committee when they questioned BBC...
25th November 2025
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Letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Sex Matters wrote to the Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP about the planned puberty-blocker trial for gender-questioning children.
24th November 2025
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Letter to the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service
Sex Matters wrote to Sir Chris Wormald KCB calling for urgent action to withdraw the Cabinet Office’s model policy...
20th November 2025
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Reply from the Equality and Human Rights Commission on its 2011 code of practice
A reply to our email of 17th November 2025.
19th November 2025
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Letter to the BBC board
We wrote to director-general Tim Davie, chair of the board Samir Shah and other board members to flag that...
11th November 2025
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Letter to the Minister for Women and Equalities
Sex Matters wrote to the Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP as the minister responsible for strategic oversight of the...
11th November 2025
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Letter to the Joint Committee on Human Rights and the Women and Equalities Committee
We wrote to the committees' chairs to say that the letter from Dr Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of...
17th October 2025
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Petition for judicial review of the failure by the Scottish Ministers to restore and protect the provision of single sex toilet facilities
After sending a letter before action and engaging with officials, we lodged the petition for judicial review.
3rd October 2025
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Letter to the National Library of Scotland
We are dismayed that the book The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht has been excluded from the National Library of...
13th August 2025
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Letter to the Joint Committee on Human Rights and the Women and Equalities Committee
We wrote to express our dismay at the questioning of Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson during her appointment hearing for the...
22nd July 2025
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Second letter before action to the Scottish Government
The Scottish Government replied to our letter before action, and we wrote again to ask it to take urgent...
4th July 2025
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Reply from the Scottish Government
John Somers, Director of Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights for the Scottish government, responds to our letter before action...
28th June 2025
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Letter to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, June 2025
The Data (Use and Access) Act got royal assent on 19th June. We wrote to Peter Kyle MP to...
25th June 2025
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Letter before action to the Scottish Government
A representative of the Scottish Government has said that no policy changes will be made in response to the...
18th June 2025
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Letter to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
We wrote to Peter Kyle MP on 18th May 2025 to flag three key problems with the reassurances he...
19th May 2025
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Another letter to the Health and Safety Executive
We wrote to the HSE in February 2025 expressing concern about the lack of clear guidance on single-sex facilities...
15th May 2025
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Reply from the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology
Peter Kyle, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, replied to our letter.
15th May 2025
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Letter to the Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation
Sex Matters wrote to Lord Vallance about comments he made in the House of Lords debate on amendments to...
13th May 2025
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Letter to Stonewall CEO and chair
We wrote to Simon Blake OBE, CEO of Stonewall, and Cat Dixon, its chair, to point out that by...
2nd May 2025
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Letter to the chief executive of the NHS Confederation
We wrote to Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, asking him to withdraw guidance that encourages NHS...
2nd May 2025
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Letter to the CEO of NHS England and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Letter to Sir James Mackey, CEO of NHS England – copied to Wes Streeting MP, Secretary of State for...
30th April 2025
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Letter to Karen Adam MSP
We wrote to express our concerns about the Equality Network’s submission to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil...
28th April 2025
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Letter to the Prime Minister
We wrote to Keir Starmer MP after the Supreme Court judgment on 16th April 2025 to ask him to...
22nd April 2025