We are pleased at the Committee’s decision to continue to work on the petition and gather further evidence. The petition raises substantive questions about the accuracy and reliability of criminal justice statistics, particularly in relation to serious sexual offending. It…
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MBM response to Scottish Government submission on Petition 1876
The response states that it is “for Police Scotland to determine how the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape is recorded on the CHS”. Our petition asks that the Scottish Government require Police Scotland to…
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MBM September 2021 newsletter
September 2021 Petition on recording rape Our petition on the recording of rape by Police Scotland closed in early July, after gathering over 12k signatures. Since then a number of individuals and organisations have submitted evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s…
Leaving women and girls behind? How the Inclusive Data Taskforce report sets England and Wales on a different path to Scotland
The publication of the UK Statistics Authority ‘Inclusive Data Taskforce’ recommendations report Leaving no one behind – How can we be more inclusive in our data? looks to set England and Wales on a different path to Scotland in relation…
MBM response to the Scottish Government data collection guidance on sex, gender identity and trans status
The burden of proof that data on sex no longer matters lies with the Scottish Government. Ignoring the advice of academic data experts, the Scottish Government has provided none.
Gender Recognition Act 2004: Hansard
The Gender Recognition Bill was introduced in the House of Lords on 27 November 2003. It was passed by the House of Lords on 10 February 2004, with 155 votes in favour and 57 against. The House of Commons passed it on 25 May.…
Gender recognition reform: are women’s concerns valid?
In an interview on BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland on 10 September, the First Minister stated that women’s concerns about GRA reform were “not valid” and that it “does not change in any way, shape or form any legal…
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Gender recognition reform and international developments
The current reliance on 'international developments' in relation to gender recognition reform is under-researched and misplaced. The Scottish Government needs to look much more critically at the precedents legislated for in other countries and to consider how gender self-declaration laws…
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MBM statement on Scottish Government Programme for Government announcement on GRA reform
“The consultation on the previous draft Bill raised serious questions that currently remain unanswered. These include a failure to address the interaction between self-declaration and the operation of single-sex exceptions under the Equality Act 2010, and a failure to define…
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Missing data, cost cutting, and delayed publication
The Scottish Government has now published the independent analysis of the responses to the consultation on the draft Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. In total 17,058 responses were available for analysis, the vast majority submitted by individuals (16,843), with a…
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