More dawdling and stalling and delaying because hey it’s only women so we really can’t be bothered.

Rules that would ban transgender people from using facilities that do not match their biological sex could be delayed for more than a year, it has emerged, as ministers were accused of “undermining the law” by demanding extra checks.

Bridget Phillipson, the women and equalities minister, received statutory guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) eight weeks ago, setting out how gyms, clubs and hospitals must judge single-sex spaces based on biology.

The document has not yet been laid in parliament and many organisations, including some NHS trusts and the civil service, said they were waiting for the guidance before implementing changes after the Supreme Court ruling in April that the use of “woman” and “man” in the Equality Act refer to sex at birth.

Oh but it’s so complicated. How do we even know what any of that means? We need guidance. Lots and lots and lots of guidance. We simply can’t figure out what is expected of us.

Claire Coutinho, the shadow women and equalities minister, told The Times: “Any delay in approving this code puts the safety and dignity of women and girls at risk. The Supreme Court ruling was clear and every organisation has a duty to comply with the law.

“Doing so is not a regulatory burden that needs assessment by government bureaucrats. Bridget Phillipson must get a grip and stop hiding behind process to avoid upsetting her backbenchers.”

She’s not hiding, she’s resting.

Dozens of Labour MPs last week wrote to Peter Kyle, the business secretary, to warn that the regulations would be a “minefield” of competing rights and there would be large costs to implementing them.

Only if you think that men have a “right” to force themselves on women in all places and circumstances provided they idennify as trans laydeez.

Maya Forstater, chief executive of the charity Sex Matters, said: “Regulatory impact assessments are undertaken where there is a choice of options. It is a complete red herring for the government to suggest that there is any choice about complying with the Equality Act 2010 right now.”

Wellll they’re choosing to defy the act.