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MBM response to the EHRC statement on GRA reform in Scotland
We welcome this serious and substantial intervention by the EHRC on GRA reform in Scotland. The Commission echoes concerns that have been put repeatedly to the Scottish Government by...
26th January 2022
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Gender recognition reform: what happened to the manifesto?
This blog examines recent developments on gender recognition reform and how the Scottish Government appears to have broken its commitment to actively engage with a range of stakeholders ‘to...
14th January 2022
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Police Scotland policy on recording rape: how did it evolve and where does responsibility lie?
In recent weeks Police Scotland’s policy on recording the identity of those charged with the crime of rape has received considerable media attention. As revealed in a bluntly worded...
8th January 2022
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Who represents the interests of female staff in Scottish universities?
Summary In October 2021 we submitted Freedom of Information requests to fifteen Scottish Universities asking whether each institution has a single-sex, female-only staff network or representative body, if so,...
5th January 2022
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Public attitudes to gender recognition reform: an overview
This blog places our recent polling results on public attitudes towards gender recognition reform in the context of other polling results on the same topic. Currently, to obtain a...
18th December 2021
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MBM briefing for MSPs (December 2021)
About us Established in late 2018, MurrayBlackburnMackenzie has undertaken extensive analysis of the adoption of gender self-identification principles in law and public policy in Scotland and across the UK....
16th December 2021
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Polling shows being supportive of transgender self-expression is not the same as supporting self-declaration for legal gender recognition
Download: Polling shows being supportive of transgender self-expression is not the same as supporting self-declaration for legal gender recognition In September 2021 the Scottish Government set out a commitment...
14th December 2021
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Q&A on the sex question guidance for the 2022 Scottish census
When is the next census in Scotland? The next census will take place in March 2022. In the rest of the UK, the census took place in March this...
5th December 2021
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MBM correspondence with the Scottish Government re. guidance for the sex question in the 2022 census (Oct/Nov 2021)
Our correspondence with the Scottish Government regarding the proposed guidance for the sex question in the 2022 census. MBM letter to the Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs...
5th December 2021
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Back from the brink: how the Scottish Government was forced to concede it had conflated sex and gender identity in the Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
In 2018 the Scottish Government brought forward legislation to add new voluntary questions on gender identity and sexual orientation to the next Scottish census. The Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill...
5th December 2021