PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
LEGAL RECOGNITION FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT ASSOCIATE WITH A PARTICULAR GENDER (17 May 2016)

Motion Details

That this House recognises the support expressed during the 2015-16 parliamentary session to address the issues faced by people whose identities are neither male nor female; believes that people are compromised and diminished as a result of inappropriate gender references on their personal identity information; acknowledges that all passports issued by HM Passport Office are currently gender-specific and it is therefore not possible to obtain a British passport that contains no reference to gendered identity; understands that the International Civil Aviation Organisation standard specification for machine-readable travel documents, ICAO Document 9303, permits X (unspecified) alongside F (female) and M (male) under a mandatory sex category; notes that citizens of Australia and New Zealand are able to obtain a non gender-specific X passport and that India, Nepal and Pakistan make provision for their citizens when neither M nor F are appropriate; further believes that similar provision is needed in the UK where current discriminatory policy denies non-gendered and bi-gendered people a legitimate identity; and therefore urges the Government and HM Passport Office to make non gender-specific X passports available in the UK to people who do not identify with a particular gender.

Sponsored by:
Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Scottish National Party
38
44%
 
 
Labour
26
30%
 
 
Independent
10
12%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
5
6%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
2
2%
 
 
Conservative
1
1%
 
 
Green Party
1
1%
 
 
Crossbench
1
1%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
1%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (86 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
SNP
Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
SNP
Richard Arkless
SNP
Hannah Bardell
Lab
Sir Kevin Barron
Lab
Mr Clive Betts
Sheffield South East
SNP
Mhairi Black
SNP
Kirsty Blackman
Aberdeen North
Ind
Crispin Blunt
SNP
Philip Boswell
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
SNP
Deidre Brock
SNP
Alan Brown
Ind
Mr Nicholas Brown
Lab
Chris Bryant
Rhondda and Ogmore
Lab
Ruth Cadbury
Brentford and Isleworth
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland
SNP
Joanna Cherry
Lab
Lord Coaker
SNP
Ronnie Cowan
Lab
Neil Coyle
Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Lab
Sir David Crausby
SNP
Angela Crawley
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
SNP
Martyn Day
SNP
Martin Docherty-Hughes
SNP
Stuart Blair Donaldson
Lab
Stephen Doughty
Cardiff South and Penarth
SDLP
Mark Durkan
Ind
Jonathan Edwards
Ind
Dame Louise Ellman
SNP
Marion Fellows
Ind
Margaret Ferrier
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Lab
Colleen Fletcher
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Lab
Helen Goodman
SNP
Peter Grant
SNP
Neil Gray
Lab
Kate Green
Lab
Sir Mark Hendrick
Preston
SNP
Drew Hendry
Ind
Lady Hermon
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
SNP
Stewart Hosie
Lab
Sir George Howarth
Lab
Dr Rupa Huq
Ealing Central and Acton
SNP
Calum Kerr
UUP
Danny Kinahan
LD
Norman Lamb (Sponsor)
Lab
Mr David Lammy
Tottenham
SNP
Chris Law
Dundee Central
Lab
Clive Lewis
Norwich South
Green
Caroline Lucas
Ind
Angus Brendan MacNeil
SNP
Callum McCaig
SNP
Stewart Malcolm McDonald
SNP
Stuart C McDonald
Ind
Natalie McGarry
SNP
John McNally
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Ian Mearns
SNP
Dr Paul Monaghan
LD
Greg Mulholland
SNP
Roger Mullin
SNP
Gavin Newlands
SNP
John Nicolson
SNP
Kirsten Oswald
Lab
Mr Jamie Reed
Lab
Ms Marie Rimmer
St Helens South and Whiston
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
SNP
Tommy Sheppard
Lab
Wes Streeting
Ilford North
SNP
Alison Thewliss
SNP
Owen Thompson
Ind
Michelle Thomson
SNP
Mike Weir
SNP
Dr Eilidh Whiteford
SNP
Dr Philippa Whitford
PC
Hywel Williams
LD
Mr Mark Williams
SNP
Corri Wilson
SNP
Pete Wishart
Perth and Kinross-shire

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