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Statement on the 2nd Scottish Government consultation on GRA reform
“We welcome this further consultation. We now need a transparent process, in which substantial questions about law, evidence and analysis receive substantial answers. The Scottish Government must engage fully...
17th December 2019
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Draft guidance under consideration for 2021 census sex question: summary of proposals
1. Background and timing In early 2020, the UK census authorities will finalise the questions they propose to ask in the next census, which will take place on 21...
10th December 2019
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2019 UK general election party manifesto commitments on GRA reform
Conservatives: No reference to reform of the Gender Recognition Act. Liberal Democrats: “Complete reform of the Gender Recognition Act to remove the requirement for medical reports, scrap the fee...
28th November 2019
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2017 UK general election party manifesto commitments on GRA reform
Conservative Party There is no reference in the 2017 Manifesto to reform of the Gender Recognition Act. Other references to transgender rights: “We will push forward with our plan...
21st April 2019
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2016 Holyrood election party manifesto commitments on GRA reform
Scottish Conservatives “The evidence from the Law Society of Scotland and others on several areas of law reform is compelling. As the Parliament matures, there is a need for...
19th April 2019
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Stage One debate on the Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: MBM briefing
Overview It is planned that the 2021 Census will gather data for the first time on sexual orientationand on the transgender population, using voluntary questions. The census is the...
25th February 2019
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Stage 1 report on Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: MBM response
MurrayBlackburnMackenzie response to publication of the Stage 1 report on the Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: “We welcome the Stage 1 report of the CTEEA Committee on the Census (Amendment)...
7th February 2019
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Scottish local authorities, ‘sex’ and the Equality Act 2010
Review of 32 Scottish local authorities: Representation of the protected characteristic of ‘sex’ under the Equality Act 2010 1. The purpose of this research was to investigate how...
13th December 2018
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Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: MBM evidence to the CTEEA Committee
Introduction We are grateful for the opportunity to submit evidence as part of the Committee’s Stage 1 considerations of the Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill. The Bill will enable voluntary...
4th December 2018