The Football Association has been summoned by the Government to explain why it has not banned transgender women from the female game.
The England & Wales Cricket Board will also be held to account next month over its own policy governing those to have been through male puberty during a roundtable arranged by the Culture Secretary.
A day after Lucy Frazer urged the FA and ECB to seriously explore banning trans women from female-only competitions, Telegraph Sport can reveal she has written to sporting bodies asking them to attend a roundtable on April 15 to discuss their approaches to the safeguarding of women and girls in competitive sport at all levels.
“Attempts at trans inclusion cannot come at the cost of competitive fairness and the safety of women and girls. And it is not possible to reconcile self-identification with competitive fairness and safety in every sport, especially where those born male have a physical advantage. This is common sense, and it is government policy. We have consistently pressed national governing bodies to prioritise common sense policies that reflect our position.”
Those invited to next month’s roundtable include sporting bodies that have updated their trans guidance, such as Swim England and British Cycling, as well as those still reviewing their policies, such as the FA, ECB and England Netball.
Source: FA summoned to explain failure to ban transgender players in women’s football