I appreciate the strength of feeling around this issue. Ministers take the welfare of all animals extremely seriously and are committed to strengthening and supporting long-term conservation of animals both internationally and at home.
Thank you for contacting me regarding women's rights and your concerns that they are being eroded.
I am clear that a woman is an adult human female and a girl is a female human child, that there are no more than two sexes and that sex is an immutable characteristic.