Author: Kath Murray • Page 9
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What does the Scottish Prison Service really think about the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
On 22 December 2022 the Scottish Parliament passed the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. The Bill amends the Gender Recognition Act 2004 for Scotland, allowing any person aged 16...
13th January 2023
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MBM Stage 3 Briefing on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
The effects of a Gender Recognition Certificate Since embarking on reform, the Scottish Government has refused to state its view on what getting a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) means...
18th December 2022
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20 questions on GRA reform and gender self-declaration (revisited)
Over three years ago, in anticipation of a draft Bill on gender recogntion, we published a blog asking 20 questions on how the Scottish Government expected that a reformed...
14th December 2022
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MBM statement on the ruling in For Women Scotland vs the Scottish Ministers
From the start, the Scottish Government has avoided being pinned down on the effect of a GRC under the Equality Act. It has taken legal action to force it...
13th December 2022
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‘At least as rigorous’? Does the ‘overseas track’ imply anything about the prospects for UK recognition of Scottish Gender Recognition Certificates?
The BBC recently reported that the UK Government may not recognise Gender Recognition Certificates (GRC) issued under the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, when passed. This would mean for...
10th December 2022
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MBM letter to Ian Duddy, Chair, Scottish Human Rights Commission
MBM letter to Ian Duddy, Chair, Scottish Human Rights Commission
8th December 2022
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The erosion of single-sex hospital accommodation in Scotland
Outcry at failure to end mixed sex hospital wards ALMOST nine months after the Scottish Executive promised there would be no mixed sex wards in hospitals it emerged yesterday...
3rd December 2022
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How strong are the Scottish Government safeguarding amendments?
At Stage 2 of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, the Scottish Government accepted that attaching a criminal offence to making a false declaration is not a watertight deterrent...
2nd December 2022
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‘There’s no evidence’: a titanic error
This blog considers a statement made by the Director of Stonewall Scotland on 28 November in which he suggested questions for MSPs considering the current Gender Recognition Reform Bill....
30th November 2022
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Lisa Mackenzie: speech at rally outside HMP Cornton Vale, 26 November 2022
In April 2012, I began a new job working for the Howard League for Penal Reform. In my first week, I attended the launch of the report of the...
26th November 2022