There must be a "common sense" approach to toilet access, the chairwoman of the equalities watchdog said.Mary-Ann Stephenson, who chairs the Equality and Human Rights Commission, spoke amid concerns from some about the potential for the "policing" of toilets amid new single-sex spaces guidance being published.She said unisex services could be provided for trans people who do not want to use toilets according to their biological sex.

There must be a "common sense" approach to toilet access, the chairwoman of the equalities watchdog said.Mary-Ann Stephenson, who chairs the Equality and Human Rights Commission, spoke amid concerns from some about the potential for the "policing" of toilets amid new single-sex spaces guidance being published.She said unisex services could be provided for trans people who do not want to use toilets according to their biological sex.