Author: Kath Murray • Page 3
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Scottish Prison Service policy: a stain on Scotland’s reputation
Call for urgent Ministerial action We have written to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice. In the absence of immediate action by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), it now falls...
26th April 2025
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MBM response to Scottish Government statement on the UKSC ruling
The Cabinet Secretary stressed more than once that the Scottish Government had acted in good faith. A good faith approach would have seen Ministers set out plainly to the...
22nd April 2025
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Letter to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee on its reaction to the UKSC ruling
We sent the following letter to Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee members on 21 April 2025. The letter raises serious concerns about the Committee’s handling of the...
22nd April 2025
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UK Supreme Court case: where could the decision leave the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill?
Introduction If the Supreme Court finds in favour For Women Scotland (FWS) on Wednesday, it will mean that a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) does not change a person’s sex...
14th April 2025
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Failing to protect women from hate crime
Introduction It has been reported that Scottish ministers are unlikely to bring forward new legislation on misogyny before the 2026 election. The alleged reason is fear that this will...
9th April 2025
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How the Scottish Human Rights Commission forgot about women in prison
Introduction The Scottish Human Rights Commission has an established record of supporting gender self-identification principles in policy and law. Most notably, it supported reform of the Gender Recognition Act...
4th April 2025
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Pangender terrorists and policy capture
‘At the risk of stating the obvious, it is hard to understand what possible operational value there is in knowing that a Registered Sex Offender or a person convicted...
24th March 2025
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MBM submission to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee inquiry into the operation of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) in Scotland
Introduction On 7 February 2025 the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice (EHRCJ) Committee issued a three-week Call for Views on Scottish Government proposals to amend the Scottish-specific duties...
3rd March 2025
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Police Scotland: Wasting parliamentary time?
Introduction This blog charts the extraordinary behaviour of Police Scotland over the past six years, in response to a simple question: could a rapist ever be recorded as a...
3rd March 2025
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Police Scotland review of sex and gender: what’s the story?
Introduction This blog traces how Police Scotland appears to be quietly retreating from a promise made to the Scottish Police Authority (SPA), and indirectly, through the SPA, to the...
16th January 2025