Author: Kath Murray • Page 8
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Lucy Hunter Blackburn: speech to the No Males in Female Jails demonstration, 9 February 2023
“One of the first times I spoke in public on women’s rights was in June 2019, on this subject – what was happening in prisons in Scotland. I said...
9th February 2023
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MBM submission to the Scottish Parliament Finance and Public Administration Committee inquiry into effective decision-making by the Scottish Government
In December 2022, the Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Public Administration Committee launched an inquiry into effective decision-making by the Scottish Government. More detail on the inquiry can be found...
8th February 2023
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Guest blog: does the Scottish Prison Service risk assessment for placing transgender prisoners protect women?
A guest blog by Dr Alessandra Asteriti Dr Alessandra Asteriti has an LLM and a PhD in international law from the University of Glasgow. She has taught human rights...
6th February 2023
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MBM response to the Justice Secretary statement on protecting prisoners
The recent controversy over the placement of trans identified male prisoners in female prisons has thrown into sharp relief how, for the best part of a decade, the Scottish...
29th January 2023
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The SPS Equality Impact Assessment on its trans prisoner policy
This blog looks at the Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) undertaken by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) as part of developing its 2014 Gender Identity and Gender Reassignment policy. Background...
29th January 2023
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Recording sex accurately in crime statistics: update on our petition to the Scottish Parliament
In light of the recent Graham/Bryson case, this blog updates the position on our petition calling on the Scottish Parliament: to urge the Scottish Government to require Police Scotland,...
28th January 2023
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The limits of the second Lord Falconer thread
Lord Falconer has already published one thread on the decision by the UK Government to issue a Section 35 order to prevent the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Act proceeding...
25th January 2023
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Comparing consultations on gender recognition reform and the impact on the operation of the Equality Act: who asked, who listened?
The attached briefing note compares how consultations on gender recognition reform by the Scottish Government (in 2017 and 2019) and the UK government (in 2018) dealt with the interaction...
24th January 2023
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The limits of the Lord Falconer thread
On the afternoon of Tuesday 17 January, the UK Government published its “Statement of Reasons for making an order under s35 of the Scotland Act 1998“, preventing the Gender...
20th January 2023
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Guest blog: gender recognition, safeguarding, and the limitations of the Martin amendment
MBM introduction At Stage 3 of the Gender Recognition Reform Scotland Bill, MSPs supported an amendment proposed by SNP MSP Gillian Martin, which requires the Chief Constable to notify...
17th January 2023