On 28 June Shona Robison, the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government will give evidence to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice (EHRCJ) Committee on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. Ms Robison will be accompanied…
Read More Stage 1 of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill: A Balancing Act?
This week the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee will take evidence from a number of witnesses who are likely to assert that international developments mean Scotland should move to a system of self-declaration for changing legal status. This…
Read More Gender recognition reform in an international context
At the next evidence session on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill (7 June) the Scottish Parliament's Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice (EHRCJ) Committee will take evidence from witnesses on data and prisons. In relation to data, members will…
The Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee is currently conducting its Stage 1 examination of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland ) Bill. Written submisisons The call for written submissions on the Bill closed at midnight on Monday 16 May.…
Read More Who is giving evidence to the Committee on gender recognition reform?
Gender reconition reform: evidence to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee, 31st May 2022 We were pleased to have the opportunity to give evidence to the EHRCJ Committee this morning and are grateful that they saw fit to…
Read More Joint statement by MBM, Keep Prisons Single Sex, LGB Alliance and For Women Scotland
"Think of it this way. If a GRC is a sort of key, and you are going to hand out lots more copies, to a more diverse group, the first job of legislators is to be really clear about what…
The note below was sent to Joe Fitzpatrick MSP, Convener of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. The note highlights the Scottish Government’s inadequate policy processes, its failure to engender an atmosphere conducive to a civilised public debate…
Read More Joint note on Scottish Government handling of gender recognition reform
On 2 March 2022 the Scottish Government published the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. On introducing the Bill Social Justice Secretary Shona Robison stated: 'This Bill does not introduce any new rights for trans people. It is about simplifying and…
Our submission to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill can be read below. A copy of the submission can also be downloaded here. About us MurrayBlackburnMackenzie (MBM) is a not-for-profit independent…
We have written previously about the potential cross border effects of the Scottish Government’s proposals to introduce a self-declaration model of legal sex change. In 2003, the then Scottish Executive – a Labour/Liberal Democrat coalition – considered whether to legislate…
Read More Cross-border effects of GRA reform in Scotland: unanswered questions
