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NatWest criticised for wading into gender debate
NatWest criticised for wading into gender debate
28 Jan 2021
Howard Lake
NatWest has been criticised for its submission to the Women and Equalities Committee’s consultation on making it much easier to change legal sex.
The bank said it supported the notion of people being able to ‘self-declare’ their gender “with no requirement for additional evidence” – a stance it says it has already taken with its own staff and customers.
It said the law should be changed to remove the requirement for someone to have lived in their chosen gender for at least two years, and the need – if married – for their spouse to consent. But critics say the majority publicly-owned company is acting outside of its role and should not be taking a stance.
| UPDATED: 22:43, Thu, Dec 31, 2020
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