Passports cannot be used to check sex says peer as Lords stands off with Government

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50% : Lord Colville added: "I fear that this definition is so widely drawn that it will allow AI models to reuse data without consent, claiming that they are carrying out scientific research when in fact they are using it for product development and their own profit." But Lord Vallance earlier told peers: "The Bill contains strong safeguards.
46% : But his Conservative frontbench counterpart Viscount Camrose said: "It is now very clear that we need accurate sex data recorded for a whole host of reasons, including for medical research and the protection of same-sex spaces.
45% : Last month, top judges unanimously ruled the terms "woman" and "sex" in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a biological woman and biological sex.

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