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WPUK webinar slides ‘Sex and the census’
Presentation given to Woman’s Place UK webinar on sex in the census on 18 October 2020.
18th October 2020
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Back under the radar? A review of plans for the census
This blog looks at recent developments on the framing of the sex question in the next census. TimingThe UK census is undertaken by three separate census authorities: National Records...
24th September 2020
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Options for securing consensus on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill (September 2020)
This blog may be downloaded as a briefing hereA more detailed briefing note on these proposals can be accessed here It has been hard to miss the reaction to...
23rd September 2020
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MBM response to the UK Government GRA announcement
Today’s statement by Liz Truss brings much needed clarity on the UK Government’s proposals to reform the Gender Recognition Act. We have previously argued that a shift to a...
22nd September 2020
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The Scottish Parliament’s bill process and the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill
This is a post setting out how the Scottish Parliament handles government bills, and what that means for the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill. A Bill is...
30th August 2020
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The limits of precedent and the special case of racial hatred
This blog is available as a briefing here In response to a recent parliamentary question by Labour MSP James Kelly on the proposed stirring up hatred offences in the...
28th August 2020
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Submission on the operation of the Lobbying Act 2016
In 2020 the Scottish Parliament’s Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee undertook post-legislative scrutiny on the operation of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016. Our submission to the Committee can...
25th August 2020
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Should ‘Variations in Sex Characteristics’ be included in the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill? (August 2020)
This blog can be downloaded as a briefing paper here The Hate Crime and Public Order Bill provides for ‘Variations in Sex Characteristics’ (VSCs) as a standalone protected characteristic....
22nd August 2020
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Defining transgender identity in the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill and beyond (updated December 2020)
This blog can be downloaded as a briefing paper here This blog looks at how the characteristic ‘transgender identity’ is defined in the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill,...
17th August 2020
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Statement on Edinburgh University Press and our Scottish Affairs article
Statement about our Scottish Affairs article, and an effort from within Edinburgh University Press to prevent publication on the grounds that the analysis was transphobic.
1st August 2020