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Shop the collectionLeaked documents confirm that the EHRC is planning to ignore 50% of the consultation submissions.
Last month the Equality and Human Rights Commission opened their consultation on their transphobic interim guidance. It was the first and only chance for trans voices to be involved in the ongoing legal process since the Supreme Court refused to allow any trans people in the courtroom for the For Women Scotland case.
In less than six weeks, over 50,000 people sent their submissions. Good Law Project supported over 2,500 people to tell the EHRC what the impact of the guidance on their lives would be.
But the EHRC has decided to ignore half of them. We can now confirm, through leaked documents, that the EHRC is planning not to read 50% of consultation responses. Instead of reviewing all the submissions, AI will determine whether people’s stories will be heard. They’ve essentially opened the door to trans voices, only to close it in their face again
![Screenshot reading: “[...] This approach may mean we do not capture insightful but singly /infrequently made points but there is no way that we could action 50,000 individual points in any case (it's simply impractical and the Code would end up being enormously long if we tried to)”](https://goodlawproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-07-31-EHRC-Leaked-Message-Abridged-2.png)
The EHRC never took the consultation seriously: they proposed an unrealistic two week window, they published transphobic interim guidance in the middle of it and then refused to consult on their legal position. Now, they’re refusing to read responses they did get. This wasn’t a consultation, it was a joke.
We are instructing lawyers to take immediate action and write to the EHRC, and will let you know as soon as we know more.
