Scottish Labour’s social justice chief has called for the UK and Scottish Governments to publish their legal advice on Holyrood’s controversial gender reforms
.Her comments came after Tory Scottish Secretary Alister Jack blocked the Gender Recognition Reform legislation from receiving Royal Assent.
Duncan-Glancy, her party’s social justice and social security spokeswoman, was a strong supporter of GRR as the proposals made their way through Parliament. “The UK Government are not good faith actors in this at all, but there are statutory bodies, such as the Equality and Human Rights Commission, such as the Scottish Human Rights Commission, who have been working on this for a long, long time.”“Some of those plans could include things like marriage.
The GRR Bill reduces the age at which someone can apply for a gender recognition certificate from 18 to 16.Scottish politics She provided a diplomatic response to Starmer’s comments:
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