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MBM response to the UK Statistics consultation on inclusive data (26 March 2021)
(Sent by email, 26 March 2021) Dear Sir/Madam, Since 2018 we have undertaken extensive research and analysis on data collection in relation to sex and gender identity. Our work...
31st May 2021
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The exclusion of sex and extension of stirring up hatred (Stage 1 debate briefing) (December 2020)
This briefing can also be accessed here Introduction This briefing was prepared for the Stage 1 debate on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill. The briefing focuses...
30th May 2021
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Supplementary evidence on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill: the meaning of transphobia (November 2020)
This blog can be accessed as a briefing here Background On 29 November 2020 we submitted supplementary evidence to the Justice Committee in the light of (a) an open...
30th May 2021
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The ‘ordinary meaning’ of words: a reassurance that does not reassure (November 2020)
This blog may be downloaded as a briefing here 1. Background Discussing the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill at the Justice Committee on 24 November, the Cabinet Secretary...
30th May 2021
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Stage 1 questions for the Cabinet Secretary for Justice (October 2020)
This blog can be downloaded as a briefing here Background The Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee began consideration of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 on...
30th May 2021
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The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill: Views from Scottish policing (October 2020)
This briefing looks at some of the issues raised in the submissions from Police Scotland, Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (ASPS) and the Scottish Police Federation, namely those organisations who will be tasked...
30th May 2021
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MBM submission to the Justice Committee: Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill (July 2020)
The Hate Crime and Public Order Bill is intended to provide for the modernising, consolidating and extending of hate crime legislation in Scotland. Since publication in April 2020, the draft Bill...
30th May 2021
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Evidence to the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee (24 August 2020)
Submission by MurrayBlackburnMackenzie Introduction We welcome the opportunity to submit evidence to the Committee and apologise for not having identified the need to do so sooner. The annex provides...
30th May 2021
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Letter to Scotland’s Chief Statistician on the Working group on sex and gender identity in data (20 January 2020)
20 January 2020 Dear Roger, Thank you for meeting us last week to discuss our views on sex and gender data, and your plans for making recommendations for Ministers....
30th May 2021
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Letter to the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee: MBM position on data collection (11 September 2019)
Letter to the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee (CTEEA) explaining our position on data collection, in response to a letter co-signed by a number of LGBT organisations...
30th May 2021